Blue Steel

Blue Steel

For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy...becoming it.

R 1990 · 102 min · ★ 5.8 · Thriller

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann to clear her name and catch the killer. But she is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who's always one step ahead… and much closer than she thinks!

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · Written by Kathryn Bigelow

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Jamie Lee Curtis Officer Megan Turner
Ron Silver Eugene Hunt
Clancy Brown Detective Nick Mann
Elizabeth Peña Tracy Perez
Louise Fletcher Shirley Turner
Philip Bosco Frank Turner
Kevin Dunn Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt
Richard Jenkins Attorney Mel Dawson
Markus Flanagan Husband
Mary Mara Wife
Skipp Lynch Instructor
Mike Hodge Police Commissioner

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