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Black and Blue is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Deon Taylor from a screenplay by Peter A. Dowling. The film stars Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, Reid Scott, and Beau Knapp, and follows a rookie police officer who goes on the run after she witnesses a murder.
The film had its world premiere at the Urbanworld Film Festival on September 21, 2019 and was released in North America on October 25, 2019, by Screen Gems.
U.S. Army veteran Alicia West (Naomi Harris) returns to her hometown in New Orleans where she is recruited into the city's police department. Alicia is reminded by her new partner Kevin Jennings (Reid Scott) about the differences of residing in the community she grew up in and the police department.
In order for Jennings to get home to date night with his wife, West takes his place in a double shift with another member of the force, Brown. He gets a call in the middle of their shift and they head over to meet with his CI in an abandoned building where he tells her to wait in the car. Alicia hears gunfire coming from the building where Brown went in and heads over, armed with a Glock pistol and a vest fitted with a body camera. There, Alicia witnesses detective Terry Malone (Frank Grillo) and his men murder an unarmed drug dealer. When Malone attempts to explain away the situation to her, the other, Smitty (Beau Knapp), panics upon seeing Alicia's body cam and shoots at her, causing Alicia to fall through the floor onto the ground below.
A wounded Alicia escapes while she is being tracked by Malone and his men. When a fellow police officer arrives, Alicia realizes they are working with Terry, forcing her to hide out in the store of Milo Jackson (Tyrese Gibson), a member of the community who is reluctant to hide her. She tries to get help from her partner, Jennings, but she finds out that he is one of the cohorts and she runs away from him. Meanwhile, Malone blames West for the shooting and manipulates criminal kingpin Darius into putting out an open bounty on West because one of the kids that Malone murdered was Darius' nephew. While recovering in Milo's home, Alicia has a gun pointed at her head by Missy’s son. Alicia then learns that Darius put out a bounty on her and that the whole community is tracking her down. Alicia managed to escape but a wounded Milo is left behind and is captured by Darius. Darius tortures Milo, but Milo refuses to divulge where to find Alicia. Alicia records herself and hides her body cam in an abandoned house. Alicia then exposes herself where Darius does business. She convinces Darius that she has proof that Malone killed Darius nephew. One of Darius henchman hacks into Alicias body cam where the footage is downloaded. Darius is now convinced that the footage of the execution of his nephew concludes that Malone is the real killer. Malone and his enforcers arrive to track down Alicia; during the ensuing chaos, Darius is killed by Malone, and Brown is killed by Smitty, who is in turn killed by West. West gives the body camera to Milo so that he can sneak into the police station and upload the footage, while she stays and tries to outrun Malone who is trying to kill her.
There is a standoff between Malone and West with the whole black community looking on. When West gets the upper hand, other police officers arrive and tell her to put down the gun. At the same time, the captain gets the footage and radios SRT to get them to stand down and tells them that West is innocent. Malone tries one last time to kill her, pretending she has a gun, but her partner, Jennings, shoots him in the chest.
Malone is arrested and West's name is cleared earning the respect of the other police officers and the community.
Directed by Deon Taylor
Produced by
Sean Sorensen
Written by Peter A. Dowling
Starring
Naomie Harris
Tyrese Gibson
Frank Grillo
Mike Colter
Reid Scott
Music by Geoff Zanelli
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Edited by Matt Evans
Peck Prior
Production
companies
Screen Gems
Royal Viking Entertainment
Hidden Empire Film Group
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
September 21, 2019 (Urbanworld)
October 25, 2019 (United States)
Running time
108 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $12 million
Box office $22.7 million
Cast :
Naomie Harris as Alicia West
Tyrese Gibson as Milo "Mouse" Jackson
Frank Grillo as Terry Malone
Mike Colter as Darius Terrow
Reid Scott as Kevin Jennings
Beau Knapp as Smitty
Nafessa Williams as Missy
James Moses Black as Deacon Brown
Frankie Smith as Tez
Carsyn Taylor as Jamal
The film had its world premiere at the Urbanworld Film Festival on September 21, 2019 and was released in North America on October 25, 2019, by Screen Gems.
U.S. Army veteran Alicia West (Naomi Harris) returns to her hometown in New Orleans where she is recruited into the city's police department. Alicia is reminded by her new partner Kevin Jennings (Reid Scott) about the differences of residing in the community she grew up in and the police department.
In order for Jennings to get home to date night with his wife, West takes his place in a double shift with another member of the force, Brown. He gets a call in the middle of their shift and they head over to meet with his CI in an abandoned building where he tells her to wait in the car. Alicia hears gunfire coming from the building where Brown went in and heads over, armed with a Glock pistol and a vest fitted with a body camera. There, Alicia witnesses detective Terry Malone (Frank Grillo) and his men murder an unarmed drug dealer. When Malone attempts to explain away the situation to her, the other, Smitty (Beau Knapp), panics upon seeing Alicia's body cam and shoots at her, causing Alicia to fall through the floor onto the ground below.
A wounded Alicia escapes while she is being tracked by Malone and his men. When a fellow police officer arrives, Alicia realizes they are working with Terry, forcing her to hide out in the store of Milo Jackson (Tyrese Gibson), a member of the community who is reluctant to hide her. She tries to get help from her partner, Jennings, but she finds out that he is one of the cohorts and she runs away from him. Meanwhile, Malone blames West for the shooting and manipulates criminal kingpin Darius into putting out an open bounty on West because one of the kids that Malone murdered was Darius' nephew. While recovering in Milo's home, Alicia has a gun pointed at her head by Missy’s son. Alicia then learns that Darius put out a bounty on her and that the whole community is tracking her down. Alicia managed to escape but a wounded Milo is left behind and is captured by Darius. Darius tortures Milo, but Milo refuses to divulge where to find Alicia. Alicia records herself and hides her body cam in an abandoned house. Alicia then exposes herself where Darius does business. She convinces Darius that she has proof that Malone killed Darius nephew. One of Darius henchman hacks into Alicias body cam where the footage is downloaded. Darius is now convinced that the footage of the execution of his nephew concludes that Malone is the real killer. Malone and his enforcers arrive to track down Alicia; during the ensuing chaos, Darius is killed by Malone, and Brown is killed by Smitty, who is in turn killed by West. West gives the body camera to Milo so that he can sneak into the police station and upload the footage, while she stays and tries to outrun Malone who is trying to kill her.
There is a standoff between Malone and West with the whole black community looking on. When West gets the upper hand, other police officers arrive and tell her to put down the gun. At the same time, the captain gets the footage and radios SRT to get them to stand down and tells them that West is innocent. Malone tries one last time to kill her, pretending she has a gun, but her partner, Jennings, shoots him in the chest.
Malone is arrested and West's name is cleared earning the respect of the other police officers and the community.
Directed by Deon Taylor
Produced by
Sean Sorensen
Written by Peter A. Dowling
Starring
Naomie Harris
Tyrese Gibson
Frank Grillo
Mike Colter
Reid Scott
Music by Geoff Zanelli
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Edited by Matt Evans
Peck Prior
Production
companies
Screen Gems
Royal Viking Entertainment
Hidden Empire Film Group
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
September 21, 2019 (Urbanworld)
October 25, 2019 (United States)
Running time
108 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $12 million
Box office $22.7 million
Cast :
Naomie Harris as Alicia West
Tyrese Gibson as Milo "Mouse" Jackson
Frank Grillo as Terry Malone
Mike Colter as Darius Terrow
Reid Scott as Kevin Jennings
Beau Knapp as Smitty
Nafessa Williams as Missy
James Moses Black as Deacon Brown
Frankie Smith as Tez
Carsyn Taylor as Jamal
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