Black and Blue
Oscar - candidate Naomie Harris stars in the laggard for the crime thriller , Black and Blue . Written by Peter A. Dowling ( Flightplan),Black and Bluerevolves around Alicia West ( Harris ) , a rookie copper who incidentally films a group of law officers killing a drug principal on her dead body cam . After scantily escaping with her aliveness , Alicia come upon she ’s now being pursued by both crooked bull and local malefactor who ’re desperate to destroy the accuse footage before it ’s made public . Left with no one else to trust , she turns to Milo " Mouse " Jackson ( Tyrese Gibson ) , the only local who ’s willing to help oneself her institute the truth to brightness .
aim by Deon Taylor ( The Intruder),Black and Bluefeatures a supporting that cast includesLuke Cage himself , Mike Colter , along with Frank Grillo ( The Purge : Election Year ) , Reid Scott ( Late Night ) , and Nafessa Williams ( Black Lightning ) . The pic wrapped production before this year and is schedule to make theatre in the fall . Now , ahead of then , Sony has generate the chunk rolling on its marketing campaign .
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Sonyunveiled theBlack and Bluetrailer at the 2019 BET Awards on Sunday night , and has since released the preview online . you may crack it out in the space below .
The trailer leap right into the conflict at the affectionateness of the film and shows Alicia being told issue - of - factly by her higher-ranking that , because she ’s a cop,“You’re downhearted now " . Alicia , however , is n’t so well confident and remains dictated to do what ’s right , even when she finds herself being hunt down by her fellow officers and abandoned by the local black community of interests - who , for obvious reasons , do n’t want to get catch up in a mess involving the law . After year of supporting role in franchises likePirates of the CaribbeanandJames Bond(in summation to her supporting round inMoonlight ) , it ’s estimable to see Harris finally getting to lead a writing style movie of her own like this . Black and Blueshould provide her the chance to really bend her act muscular tissue too , between its natural action - fueled plot line and sociopolitical comment .
At the present moment , Sony hasBlack and Bluescheduled to reach theaters at the end of October . And while it does n’t have much verbatim challenger that weekend , it might have trouble breaking out at a time when audience are typically more in the humor for something that ’s Halloween appropriate ( likeZombieland 2 : two-fold Tap , which Sony has set to give a hebdomad earlier ) . Still , Black and Blueseems like a tight - cockle thriller with something to say , and should n’t have too much bother turning a profit . If word of mouthpiece is good , it might even become one of this fall ’s surprise success stories .
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