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Dark Blue is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ron Shelton released in USA on 21 february 2003 with Kurt Russell
Dark Blue (2002)
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Add to a movie listDark Blue is a 2002 film directed by Ron Shelton and starring Kurt Russell. The film is based on a story written for film by crime novelist James Ellroy and takes place during the days leading to and including the Rodney King trial verdict.
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Set in Los Angeles, in April 1992, Dark Blue takes place from a few days before and during the acquittal of four officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. The film begins with footage of the Rodney King beating and switches to a scene showing Sergeant Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) pacing in a motel room. Perry grabs a shotgun and pistol, and then the film cuts to a scene with two men in a car five days earlier, Darryl Orchard (Kurupt) and Gary Sidwell (Dash Mihok), appear to be robbing a convenience store, when they are actually after a safe in the room above the store. Four people are murdered in the robbery and one severely wounded. The story then shifts to Detective Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman), who is in a Gun Board hearing in relation to an application of deadly force. His partner, Perry, defends him, and the two leave.Actors
Kurt Russell
(Eldon Perry)
Scott Speedman
(Bobby Keough)
Michael Michele
(Beth Williamson)
Brendan Gleeson
(Jack van Meter)
Ving Rhames
(Arthur Holland)
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