Blue Steel

Episode 221: Blue Steel (1990)

Theme: Bam Bam Kathryn Bigelow Month

Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis holster their weapons and dive into the wet, neon-lit streets of 1990s New York City for Blue Steel. It’s a "mid-tier" action thriller where Jamie Lee Curtis is a rookie cop with a questionable motive, Ron Silver plays a Wall Street yuppie with a beard made of steel wool, and police procedure is treated more like a suggestion than a rule. Get ready for a film that asks the important questions: Can a hot dog cart stop a bullet? And why is everyone in this movie so sweaty?

The hosts break down:

• Megan Turner: A rookie cop who admits she joined the force specifically to shoot people and possesses a "detective's intuition" that leads her to immediately date the primary suspect.

• Eugene Hunt: A commodities trader with a beard that looks like 15-grit sandpaper, a fluctuating level of sanity, and a habit of treating murder weapons like sacred totems.

• The Grocery Store Heist: Featuring a frantic Tom Sizemore giving a "Tom Size-most" performance, proving that holding up a store is really just an opportunity for an extended monologue.

• Detective Nick Mann: Played by Clancy Brown (aka Mr. Krabs), who brings aggressive hair, three extra X-chromosomes, and zero patience to the screen.

• NYPD Protocol: A universe where you get suspended for stopping a robbery, evidence is optional, and the best way to catch a killer is to handcuff your partner to a steering wheel.

Final Verdict:

Oz — That Hansel's so hot right now

Curtis — 64 Mr. Krabs