Blue Steel (1990) – Filmsack Show Notes

INTRO

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This week on Filmsack, we disappoint our daddies by joining the big city boys and girls in BLUE when we strap-on …  our STEEL shooter and lacy bras and flash… our badges? … to prove we are no victims in this 1990 Crime Thriller starring our favorite “this guy won’t die already” scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis now surviving on Freevee… the streaming service you will forget all about as soon as it is gone, just like ole wool cap what’s his face…. knife wielding Tom Sizemore? He’s got a gun. 

Anywho, while I lie here feeling the cold grocery store floor on my face, trying to not get shot in the crossfire between the prettiest cop I have ever seen and a guy with the dirtiest shirt I have ever bore witness to… I am thinking…. did i forget to take my old lady rollers out of my hair before I went out in public in my pajamas and slippers. Oh look a grocery store floor gun has appeared… perhaps I will become a big city super villain… drat he beat me to it. Foiled again, Daisy!

Randy,  I don’t understand how the stock market works… Just a bunch of guys yelling in a room? MONEY!

BRIEF

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BRIEF

Blue Steel (1990) is a psychological thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Megan Turner, a rookie NYPD officer who becomes entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a psychotic Wall Street broker (Ron Silver) after he steals her gun and uses it to commit murders. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film explores themes of obsession, power, and the struggles of women in male-dominated spaces, all wrapped in a gritty, tension-filled narrative.

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SHOW NOTES

• Blue Chill
• Shutup… I’m gonna kill ya!
• Die Bitch… this is a training exercise. If it had of been real domestic abuse you would be dead.
• In the field you have to have eyes in the back of your head… bet that will come up again.
• That is some closeup of  a gun.
• Love this intro music… very subdued… and blue everything. Blue… Steel… so on point. Smith and Wesson.
• Lacy Lady Bra!  She even got the white gloves… must be graduation day.
• I do pledge / declare… 
• With my families… not mine… I only have friends… for my pics.
• I love you too tracy… thanks for coming.
• Chess nopes… nope nope.
• So beautifully shot.
• Jamie got that cop swagger.
• She got a mom… but nobody came to graduation.
• This movie is so beautiful.
• Shutup Shirley… I want to hear it… I got a gd cop for a daughter.
• The bus, subway and all the transport must have been broken.
• Ever since I was a kid… I wanted to shoot people.
• She is so happy…
• On the floor… all of you…
• She not going to tell her partner? She just gonna run to Sloans. Spill her coffee and run to Sloans and work up a sweat.
• I’m not ordering Chinese food man… give me the money.
• Look bitch… I didn’t come here to fuck with you…. Good thing… cause she blew him away.
• Oh looky… a gun… for meeeeee… floor gun…. must touch it.
• Old lady in the curlers is pretty spry.
• He got a chess on his table… and a gun!! Your move lady.
• Sewed his dick on backwards.
• You are pushing pencils. 
• Been on the force for 24 hours
• I’m just showing you something… its a comb and a bad attitude… homicide
• Hey Turner… your mom is here… 
• Meanwhile down at the stock market… so this lunatic does a stock market.
• I don’t understand how the stock market works… Just a bunch of guys yelling in a room.
• Tom Skerrit is like “I always wanted a gun…”
• BIG WHEEL!!
• Tracy… I don’t want to meet nobody.
• He is a blue jean CPA.. I’m a cop… come on..
• You look bad.. like you ate something bad.
• Can I ask a question. Civilian to Civilian… I like to slam peoples heads against walls. They keep asking her why she wants to be a cop… 
• Don’t walk… you can’t tell me what to do… I’m a powder keg.
• Hey what are you up to buddy…  hey buddy… buddy no… no buddy… gah
• Suspended!  I’ll take that… and that… debadged and degunned.
• I like walking in the rain… is this guy running a game… he is playing some chess.
• Remember Dorothy.
• I don’t like the rain. I like the snow… makes me feel safe.
• No love interest… now she can date the guy who fucked her over.
• I saw you there wet and cold reminded me of a cat I had..
• He is a trader at the exchange.. futures… gold.. they are betting everything will go to hell.
• Let’s wait out the traffic in the ritzy restaurant.
• Are you Meghan Turner… we are with internal affairs.
• Get an idea… why this bullet… Megan Turner … name on a bullet.
• A pretty girl..
• Can we not do this next to the dead body.
• Reinstate her… in your department… no thanks.
• Detective Shield in name only.
• It has been a hell of a week… is cop… is not cop… is detective…
• Why me? 
• I feel like I am on top of the world… want to get higher? oooh a helicopter.
• New York’s greatest hits. Empire, Statue of Liberty, Twin Towers… 
• He likes it quiet. Cause he works on the floor of crazy town.
• Wanna come in? Soon.
• If you even put on pantyhose I want to know about it.
• Want to keep secrets? Shop? 
• Bad dreams… why you let me fall… I have trust issues… and for good reason.
• Does it fit the pattern of a bullet with my name on it?
• 4th victim by the 44 magnum killer..
• He is hearing voices? Who are you? Why are you talking to me? You are god, you are unique Eugene… shall the son of righteousness arise… you are not alone Eugene. Stop talking to me!! 10 more reps!!
• Naked in the city covered in her blood. Yeah… I got problems.
• Every minute you don’t know is a minute closer to death for someone else.
• Don’t take off the gun… it is sexy.  
• Gross ASMR kissing.
• Seccy Talk… take out your gun and hold it… both hands… I have a kink.
• Hold your gun.. you know… like this… come on… she got trauma
• I have found my brightness… my brightness? the supermarket… I didn’t meet you at a supermarket…  you didn’t blink… his gun… gave me my radiance… the two of us… we could share…
• Oh… you think that is seccy… wait till i read you your rights.
• Oh sure… now she calls for backup. What is the apartment number?
• The detective’s name is Nick Mann… hehe.
• We are the 2 sides of the same coin… it is just the beginning. You look worried… don’t worry.
• Death is the greatest kick of all… that is why they save it for last.
• That is my jacket and my shoes man. My jack and my shoes.
• What about facts? What are you teaching these rookies?
• Direct traffic on the BQE (Brooklyn Queen Bridge?)
• We are going to have asses in a sling.
• This movie is shot so intimately.
• Run Tracy. What?
• You can’t just show up at his house.
• You look beautiful. I like your bone structure.
• I am going to personally see to it that your client is removed from the face of the earth.
• You hit her again. you son of a bitch. You can’t 
• I’m your father and I’m ashamed of that.
• Your friend is here.
• Mom… I have a cold… aka a cold gun.
• Mom is a hard head.
• I’m just sitting here letting my car cool off. 
• He’s on the move…. He buried it under on of those trees. Looking for something… I have one.
• Go ahead punk… make my day… go ahead… grab my gun… then I am going to go home and get some sleep.
• I wanted to watch you handle it. Bullshit. No Shit. Yeah Shit.
• Know what I like about this town. You could throw a stick into the air and it would come down on a taxi or an ambulance.
• Lighten up turner…there is only a bad guy trying to murder you and killed your childhood friend.
• Damnit Megan! handcuffing me.
• We got nothing on this guy.
• He told me to hold the thing… you got a cigarette lady?
• Damnit Megan… you got your partner killed. Look at me. I want you to see it
• Look here Pal… Buddy.
• Man… when did she become such a shitty shot.
• Heavy. The City Themes
• You just reach deep into your arm and pull out the bullet.
• Where can he be? Maybe your bathroom?
• This, I need…
• Damnit Megan… this is no time for creaky bed and noisy suck face kisses.
• Bloody bullets.
• Towel and siren silencer.
• She is going to smoke it up after Jack Daniels and Sex.
• God Damnit… would you kill this guy already.
• Everybody keeps telling her to get some rest… but every time she does that asshole shows up.
• Son of a bitch… you do not take sleeping pills when there is a guy out to get you…. good job.
• Boy… you sure been through something…. You look about the same size as me. Time to do this. With my dirty sneaks on.
• We are the same… she is done with toxic love relationships.
• Revenge!
• Who stalks who? I stalk you.
• She can’t get a kill shot on the guy.
• This movie is great until the final shootout and it just feels like a dream sequence.
• Do you got eyes on him… nope. Take the south.
• Smoked Sausages Cart Killer.
• AT 8866
• Nice Knee Slide…
• Guns don’t work on this guy… let’s try a car. Taste my Pontiac!
• I’m out of bullets…
• Now, look at me when I shoot you.
• I don’t think this cop thing is for me.
• That squeaky swing sound.
• Finally… what made you want to become a cop …. Him…
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Megan Turner: Transitioning from horror star to action-thriller lead, Curtis shines as a determined rookie cop.
• Kathryn Bigelow’s Direction: Known for her ability to blend action with psychological depth, Bigelow brings grit and tension to the film.
• Ron Silver as Eugene Hunt: A chilling, obsessive villain who makes bullets personal.
• Themes of Power and Obsession: The toxic dynamic between Turner and Hunt highlights obsession and abuse of power.
• Gritty NYC Setting: The mean streets of New York serve as the perfect backdrop for this tense thriller.
• Feminism in a Male-Dominated World: Megan Turner’s struggles as a female cop bring a deeper narrative layer to the film.
• Iconic Scenes: From high-stakes shootouts to intense psychological battles, the film keeps you on edge.
• The Bullet as a Symbol: A physical manifestation of Hunt’s obsession, carving names into his ammunition.
• Supporting Cast: Clancy Brown and Louise Fletcher bring depth to the gritty world of Blue Steel.
• Jamie Lee Curtis’s Career: How this film showcased her range beyond horror.
• Bigelow’s Cinematic Style: Her early work foreshadows her later hits like Point Break and The Hurt Locker.
• Twists and Turns: How the film subverts expectations of typical cop-vs-killer narratives.
• Legacy of Blue Steel: Why it remains a hidden gem in psychological thrillers.
• Memorable Quotes: “You have no idea who I am!” and other chilling lines.

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