Black and Blue: An outsider to both sides of the law.

Black and Blue stars a war vet turned rookie cop in New Orleans. She doesn’t fit in with the other cops because she is new and she doesn’t fit in with her old friends from town because she became a cop. She’s on outsider on both sides.

The movie does a good job showing the police world in New Orleans and the corruption of this town. The main character played by Naomie Harris witnesses a dirty cop shoot an informant and gets it on tape on her body camera. The cops tell the local gangs and put a price on her head so now the gangs and cops are after her.

The movie doesn’t show the criminal side of this world until near the end and the characters weren’t as develops as the cops. Mike Colter plays the head of the drug gang in town and its nice to see him play something other than a hero. Also the main villain played by Frank Grillo had an underdeveloped motivation. He is good at playing these types of characters though. Certain plot points were obvious throughout like the dirty cops and people helping the main character just at the right moment. The film had a satisfying ending though and really made the main character feel like an outsider until the end.  🍔🍔🍔