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	The Martin Fanpage, Martin Lawrence, TV Comedy Series, Sitcom
		Martin is back and bigger than ever in the blockbuster hit film Wild Hogs, and prior to that, Martin voiced a character in the popular animated film Open Season.
		This film shed light on Martin's roots, his rise to fame and his walk on the wild side.
		Blue Streak 2 is rumoured to be in pre-production stages, and may be in cinemas sometime in 2005.
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	Film Scouts Reviews: Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While "Blue Streak" is hardly a high point for this particular genre, motor mouth comedian Martin Lawrence is a perfect fit in the role of the criminal turned detective who must fast-talk his way through one strange situation after another.
		While the premise of "Blue Streak" may be a tad far fetched, the film manages to keep moving with equal doses of action and comedy.
		However, all the elements in place and disbelief successfully suspended, "Blue Streak" is a rather fun, action-packed film perfect for those who need to be slowly weaned off of summer blockbusters before the more subtle fall and winter lineups settle in.
	www.filmscouts.com /scripts/review.cfm?File=blu-stre (396 words)

	The Repetition Backroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Films deemed too bad or too unlikely to make any money would be shuffled off to the late summer month to die quick deaths.
		The latest film to successfully do just that is "Blue Streak," a crook-turned-cop comedy that inhabits both the "Rush Hour" school of hip and the "Lethal Weapon" school of action competence.
		"Blue Streak" is a very derivative film, but the competence with which the action is played on screen is commendable, as is the winsome performance of Lawrence.
	www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=3402&messageid=937799959 (377 words)

	DVD : Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Martin Lawrence can certainly talk a blue streak (witness his concert film, You So Crazy), but he tones it down to PG-13 for this by-the-book action comedy.
		There is little in Blue that is remotely fresh, but Lawrence fans, who watched him play it straight opposite Murphy in Life, will relish the opportunity to see him get down with his bad self.
		"Blue Streak" was a great way for Martin to slip in to different characters, as he does flawlessly.
	www.ajeno.com /B00003GPFT/Blue_Streak.shtml (676 words)

	Blue Streak (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Martin Lawrence was born to star in movies like "Blue Streak," a film with much energy and wit, both elements he has coming out of his ears.
		The film opens with four jewel thieves, Miles Logan, Deacon, Eddie, and Tulley, constructing a heist in the middle of a dark, cold night attempting to steal a large diamond worth millions.
		From here on out, the film runs from high energy and action packed excitement to clumsy and funny stunts of Logan trying to undercover the dream he once had located in what is now his office building.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0181316 (852 words)

	Blue Streak
		While the silly and uninspiring "Blue Streak" has a few laughs, this is not the star vehicle that will make Lawrence a household name.
		Not to kick a guy while he's down, but the reaction I got from watching this film was one of pity, not humor.
		"Blue Streak" has a funny premise and endeavors to be like a 90's version of "Beverly Hills Cop".
	www.moviemantz.com /movie_reviews/1099/blue_streak.html (619 words)

	Review: Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blue Streak appears to be Martin Lawrence's attempt at a Beverly Hills Cop - and it's not a particularly effective one.
		The film relies heavily on Martin Lawrence for its success, but the actor is unable to deliver convincingly.
		Towards the beginning, it briefly seems as if Blue Streak intends to do something with the premise of the crook who unwittingly becomes revered as a top cop, but that aspect is quickly relegated to background noise.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/b/blue_streak.html (640 words)

	Lawrence's performance saves 'Streak'
		The film fails to be funny at times by concentrating too much on the action, and the third act fails to deliver as much humor as the rest of the film, because instead it focuses on resolving the conflicts of what passes for a plot these days.
		Sometimes Lawrence gets too energetic, (or maybe the film is desperate for a laugh) and starts jumping, dancing, and screaming, which is annoying rather than funny.
		"Blue Streak" has its flaws, but will be more enjoyable if you don't take it seriously and allow Lawrence to draw you into his energetic performance, however foolish it gets.
	www.mnsu.edu /reporter/reparchive/09_23_99/medley5.html (434 words)

	The Buzz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The success of Martin Lawrence's new film "Blue Streak" proved that audiences were ready for a laugh after being saturated by the likes of "Stigmata" and "The Sixth Sense." "Blue Streak" topped the box office with $19.2 million, beating out Kevin Costner's "For Love of the Game," which brought in $14 million.
		The surprise of the weekend came with the success of "American Beauty." While the film was only shown on 16 screens nationwide, it took the 11th spot with $851,000, averaging $52,000 per screen, as opposed to "Blue Streak," which only took in $7,000 per screen.
		The film, which stars Nicolas Cage as an out-of-control ambulance driver, was apparently too dark and disturbing for Weinraub who was reported as saying, "Do we really need this?" and then walked out of the theater.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V138/N15/05-buzz.15d.html (334 words)

	JamesBowman.net \| Blue Streak
		Blue Streak, directed by Les Mayfield, reminded me a little of the extremely disturbing Austrian film, Funny Games, reviewed here last year, in that it leads us up the garden path of cinematic convention, then whirls around and cries: “Only kidding!” Nothing is what we thought it was.
		If this film had been made in the 1950s, Miles's new-found respect for law-enforcement would have been brought to a crisis in which he had to choose between the diamond, and with it his old career as a thief, and his new friends and colleagues on the force and the respectability they represent.
		The film sets us up to expect it and then has Miles, diamond firmly in hand, clicking his heels as he dances over the Mexican border to riches and comfort on the proceeds of his ill-gotten gains.
	www.jamesbowman.net /review_print.asp?pubID=389 (773 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Blue Streak"
		That's not a bad thing, for a little part, because the film's director, Mayfield, was going for a cleaner, gentler film because it was selling on its actors comedic talents, not his action star glory.
		Blue Streak is meant to entertain for laughs, and it succeeds.
		This film is a step up from some of his previous films, such as “Bad Boys” and “Nothing to Lose.” The plot is rather formulaic: a jewel thief hides a diamond in a construction building, goes to jail, finds the building is now a police station and impersonates a detective to get the diamond back.
	www.joblo.com /bluestreak.htm (2185 words)

	Blue Streak (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During preproduction, the film was originally supposed to carry a hard R rating, but after deliberations, the studio had to tone down the film's script to PG-13.
		The film opens with four jewel thieves, Miles Logan, Deacon, Eddie, and Tulley, constructing a heist in the middle of a dark, cold night attempting to steal a large diamond worth millions.
		From here on out, the film runs from high energy and action packed excitement to clumsy and funny stunts of Logan trying to undercover the dream he once had located in what is now his office building.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0181316 (976 words)

	Film & TV: Top Cop (Tucson Weekly . 09-27-99)
		For example, in Blue Streak, he even goes so far as to put in goofy teeth and don thick glasses and a nerdy hairdo, in a sort of homage to the kind of character Lewis played in such films as The Nutty Professor.
		If a film is about a thief with special skills, the part usually goes to Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan or some other white guy with a good agent.
		Most of the film is taken up with a series of mishaps wherein Logan gets close to the diamond, and then is called away or forced to leave it behind.
	weeklywire.com /ww/09-27-99/tw_cin.html (749 words)

	"Blue Streak" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The idea behind Blue Streak was promising, holding possibility, but the screenplay missed most of them.
		"Blue Streak" was a funny, wholesome movie for audiences from 14 and above in age.
		"BLUE STREAK could refer to the amount of foul language as 44 s-words, 34 moderate crudities and 10 regular profanities fill the air.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-bluestreak.html (567 words)

	Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This film is worth a look if, and only if, you're a Martin Lawrence fan.
		The film is tailor-made for him; he looks good and is the funniest thing in it.
		So I can recommend this film if you're the kind of person who laughs at anything Martin Lawrence does; if you're not that kind of person you should probably steer clear of this one.
	www.toto.net /kcfilms/blustrek.html (372 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Blue Streak (1999)
		It sure needed something because, as is, the film has only one story (with absolutely no subplots), and is utterly empty and unsatisfying because of this.
		A comedy without the laughs, and an action film with a non-existent level of excitement, "Blue Streak" is an obvious and misguided effort, with an inauspicious directing job by Les Mayfield.
		No technical attributes are worth mentioning either, as everything about the film, right down to the smallest detail, is nearly as cliched as a "Friday the 13th" movie, and as forgettable as an early-afternoon dream.
	themovieboy.com /reviews/b/99_bluestreak.htm (732 words)

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	Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: Blue Streak
		To put it another way, Blue Streak's script lingo doesn't drown you in street talk and the music to talk ratio is remarkably low.
		There's a longer, and sadly long forgotten shadow that Blue Streak's comedy is closer to, and those are the films of Jerry Lewis, the guy who does the MDA telethon every year.
		In Blue Streak, ordinary guy Miles Logan (Lawrence) has to go to extraordinary lengths, including one outrageous costume and one major impersonation to obtain his heart's desire.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive99/bluestreak.html (615 words)

	Movie Review - Blue Streak - eFilmCritic
		Streak appeals to a very small audience, and does so well.
		Lo and behold, he retains the crown in Blue Streak where every situation is drawn out and he is left in the middle to overact and overreact to anything and everything.
		Sure Blue Streak is predictable and loaded with overacting and bad acting, but in the end, what you're left with is a comedy/action flick which really does entertain.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=428&reviewer=168 (465 words)

	BLUE STREAK movie review (with photos and clips where possible)
		Certainly "Blue Streak" looks like a perfect vehicle for the fast-talking, energetic comedian.
		"Blue Streak" wants to emulate the blend of wit and adrenaline that Lawrence and Will Smith captured in "Bad Boys," but falls far short.
		Lawrence works busily to give this film life, but with a story this haphazard, he is fighting the prevailing tide.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/b/bluest.html (691 words)

	Blue Streak (1999)
		The latest stop on the descent into gunplay-gag hell is Blue Streak, a mediocre attempt to fill the void until the sequel to Rush Hour comes out.
		The fact that the film's few funny scenes feature the more talented up-and-coming comic Dave Chappelle only highlight how Lawrence's skills have withered since he first jumped on the Def Comedy Jam stage a decade ago.
		Extra-wise, the Streak DVD features not one but two featurettes about the making of the film: Blue Streak: Setting up for the Score and HBO First Look: Inside and Undercover.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=45671&PID=10082047&buy=closed&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (713 words)

	Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blue Streak stars Martin Lawrence as Miles Logan, a jewel thief who, as the film starts, is in the process of stealing a $17 million diamond.
		This film is an action comedy, it's packed with laughs and also has a fair bit of exciting action.
		But ultimately it's Lawrence's film, he's a very funny man and is perfect as the zany jewel thief who will stop at nothing to get his jewel.
	pink-mouse-productions.com /spruce/cinema/20000121.htm (326 words)

	Blue Streak - VHS - Title BI - BZ Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Blue Streak is a superbly funny film, to which I enjoyed a lot, it tells the story of a Jewel thief, who after doing his time, attempts to find the massive diamond he had hidden in a building site, whilst trying to escape, only to get the biggest surprise of his life.
		The Film: As I had already started saying, this is a superbly funny film, starring the...
		Blue Streak : If you were Miles and your dimond was hidden in a police station, what would you do?
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-bi-bz/blue-streak (270 words)

	Blue Streak (1999): Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, David Chappelle, Peter Greene - PopMatters Film Review
		So it was a little unnerving to hear — just a week before Lawrence's latest major studio release, Blue Streak, was set to open — that he had collapsed into a coma while jogging in LA during a monster heat wave.
		At first glance, the episode seemed another instance of Lawrence's infamous lack of moderation (and was reported as such on TV tabloid shows): it was another stupid move by Lawrence, who was picked up last year by L.A. cops, while carrying drugs and a gun.
		This technique doesn't really allow the film to rise above its generic conventions, however: Miles is a cop or a criminal, he's silly or serious, he's resisting or conforming.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/b/blue-streak.shtml (1469 words)

	Film & TV: Blue Streak (Austin Chronicle . 09-27-99)
		And though Lawrence is dependably good in both the action and the comedy sequences in Blue Streak, there is very little here for him to sink his teeth into.
		He logically decides to pose as a cop to gain entry but before he discovers his waylaid gem, he inadvertently foils a couple a crimes just like a real cop.
		If the mediocrity of Blue Streak weren't depressing enough, the concluding morality of the final scene, which suggests that crime does pay, seems an appropriate metaphor for this movie's huge success at the box office.
	weeklywire.com /ww/09-27-99/austin_screens_film4.html (358 words)

	As jewel thief impersonating cop, Lawrence makes 'Blue Streak' a gem of a film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because "Blue Streak" is Lawrence's movie all the way down the line.
		He's in nearly every frame of the film and the routine story is elevated by his sharp comic timing.
		"Blue Streak" doesn't have a thing new to show us as far as story, and much of the film introduces elements that fall by the wayside before the final credits roll.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/blueq1.shtml (562 words)

	Blue Streak
		Picture/Sound/Extras (A/A-/C) here is little to distinguish Blue Streak from the many cop buddy movies that follow the same trails left behind by the far superior Beverly Hills Cop and Lethal Weapon.
		The star vehicle of Blue Streak is, of course, Martin Lawrence, whose popularity arises from his now cancelled television comedy sitcom Martin.
		Blue Streak provides Martin with his first leading role, and unfortunately, the movie as directed by Les Mayfield (Flubber, Encino Man) and scripted jointly by Michael Berry and John Blumental is quite forgetable.
	www.dvdmg.com /bluestreak.shtml (1299 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Blue Streak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		September 20, 1999 -- "Blue Streak" is a film that defies common sense and logic, but is a lot of fun to watch because of its main character, Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence of "Life").
		The parallels between this film and "Beverly Hills Cop" are fairly obvious, starting with Logan's police partner, (Luke Wilson of "Bottle Rocket") who looks and acts a lot like Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy's police partner in "Beverly Hills Cop." Also Logan's experience as a burglar makes him very well suited for solving burglary cases.
		As noted earlier, there are some logical problems with the plot and some lapses in continuity (for instance, who put the diamond into a sack while it was supposedly hidden in the ventilation duct?) but overall, it is an enjoyable end-of-summer film.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/bluestreak.html (393 words)

	BLUE STREAK
		I can usually tell by the trailer, which contains all the funniest scenes, that the picture (in this case BLUE STREAK) is going to be heavy on one-liners and light on plot.
		Even though the film was fairly predictable with a wafer thin plot, I couldn't stop watching.
		There are several scenes in BLUE STREAK that were very funny, but just allowed to go on way too long.
	www.crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsB/f_blue_streak.html (585 words)

	November 1999 \| blackfilm.com \| reviews \| blue streak
		Usually, studios avoid media coverage when they know beyond a shadow of a doubt that their film is a stink bomb of astronomical proportions.
		Blue Streak smoked the competition with a $19 million opening weekend.
		Though there are a few scenes that were intended to be funny that fall flat, Lawrence proves that he is a master of keeping at a joke 'til he finally gets a laugh out of you.
	www.blackfilm.com /0110/reviews/blue_streak.shtml (514 words)

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