Black and Blue

Director Deon Taylor’s Black and Blue is a tough, gritty police thriller that doesn’t let up.

Alicia West (Naomie Harris) is an Afghan war veteran, who returns to her native New Orleans to become a rookie cop.  On her first outing, she sees a senior detective (Frank Grillo) kill the son (John Charles II) of the biggest drug runner (Mike Colter) in the city, an event she captures on her vest camera.

For the rest of the film, Alicia is trying to stay alive with almost everyone on both sides of the law after her and the camera. 

Thanks to Naomie Harris, we are swept along with her plight.

 

If you like action, Black and Blue delivers.  I give it a 3.9 out of 5.