Blue Streak (1999)

	Also Known As: Der Diamanten-Cop (Germany)
	Year of first release: 1999
	Director: Les Mayfield (Encino Man, Flubber)
	Actors: Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys 1-2), Luke Wilson (Scream 2), Peter Greene (The Mask, Pulp Fiction)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 20.01.2015, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Before being arrested, Miles Logan (Lawrence) hides the diamond he just stole in a building under construction. When he is set free two years later, this building has turned into a Police station.
Review: Martin Lawrence seems to be stuck in this role of comic policeman. Four years after Bad Boys he is at it again, but this time the comedy comes from the fact that he is a criminal pretending to be a cop to get back his precious diamond. In that case, the diamond is like Hitchcock's McGuffin, an excuse for comedy instead of suspense in that case. We get to watch Lawrence dancing around and talking loud in his involuntary but successful attempts to be a good cop. His "side-kick" the simple detective played by Luke Wilson is not put forward enough, so the movie is a one-man show and doesn't reproduce the effect of Bad Boys. Easy to watch but didn't get good laughs out of me.
Rating: 4 /10