Many of her early genre exercises, likeNear DarkandPoint Break, stand out among her best as well.
Blue Steelis a 1990 action thriller that follows Curtis as a freshly sworn-in NYPD officer, Megan Turner.
Bigelow’s stylish, moody direction calls attention to action films as an extension of social politics.
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This Final Girl must overcome her fears to survive.
“It was the boogeyman.”
Turner gets what she was after, but everything still feels broken.
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Blue Steel is a thriller film centered around a rookie police officer who becomes embroiled in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a psychopathic killer. As she struggles to prove her innocence and catch the criminal, she faces personal and professional challenges that test her limits and resolve.