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Blue Streak is a 1999 American action comedy directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film features an additional cast of Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, and others.
The film was released in September 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. It went on to gross nearly US$120 million at the worldwide box office and was considered a great success because the gross more than tripled its production costs. A sequel was in the works but never materialized and has since been dropped from plans at Columbia Pictures.
The soundtrack was also a success and has been certified platinum.
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Blue Streak is a 1999 American action comedy directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film features an additional cast of Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, and others.
The film was released in September 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. It went on to gross nearly US$120 million at the worldwide box office and was considered a great success because the gross more than tripled its production costs. A sequel was in the works but never materialized and has since been dropped from plans at Columbia Pictures.
The soundtrack was also a success and has been certified platinum. It features artists such as So Plush featuring Ja Rule, Keith Sweat, Tyrese featuring Heavy D, Foxy Brown, Kelly Price and others. The lead single from the soundtrack was "Girl's Best Friend" performed by Jay-Z. The single garnered much airplay on both television and radio.
The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios which is located in Culver City, California.
Synopsis
Miles Logan (played by Lawrence) is a jewel thief who, along with some accomplices, steals a $17 million diamond in Los Angeles. Things go awry during the robbery when one accomplice wants the diamond all for himself and Logan has to hide the diamond at a construction site. Logan is arrested and spends two years in prison. After serving time, Logan heads back to the spot where he hid the diamond only to find that the construction site was the location of a new police headquarters. Logan scopes the place out by becoming a pizza deliveryman, then poses as a detective transferring from another division. He is teamed up with naive detective Carlson (played by Wilson) and is sent out on multiple police investigations. As farfetched as his fake resume is, he is promoted to Lead Detective of the Burglary Division. Logan eventually recovers the diamond but the accomplice that helped him steal the diamond is hot on his trail. Logan must continue to fool the police and his former accomplice in order to get away. At the end, Detective Carlson discovers Miles Logan's identity as a criminal posing as an officer. However, he discovers this after a car chase led Logan across the border to Mexico, where he is out of the LAPD's and the FBI's jurisdiction.
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Box Office
The film opened at #1 with a weekend gross of $19,208,806 from 2,735 theaters for a per venue average of $7,023. It ended its run with $68,518,533 in North America, and $49,239,967 internationally for a total of $117,758,500 worldwide.
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