The movie falters when pushed beyond its intriguing premise to a meaningful message.

This is a film that pulls off the impressive trick of being gritty and cheesy at the same time.

This is just a cops-ploitation, scream-at-the-screen picture, but I had a lot of fun with it with an audience.

After a promising start, with a strong Harris in the lead, Black and Blue gives way to a generic against time thriller.