Blu-ray Review – Blue City

1986's "Blue City" was part of a career strategy to mature leads Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, who were working their way through teen cinema, hitting an apex with 1985's "The Breakfast Club." Of course, it's not easy to suddenly go from high school hallways to twentysomething agitations, making the evolution bumpy in "Blue City," which also has the unfortunate reality of being an incomplete, dismally performed film. Judd and Sheedy are only a small part of the feature's woes, but their miscasting doesn't help director Michelle Manning, who doesn't quite know how to piece together this adaptation of a 1949 Ross Macdonald book, trying to tart up the endeavor with shoot-outs, sex, and wiseacre behavior. Her efforts fail to congeal, leaving the picture disjointed and ridiculous, best appreciated as a makeover movie for two stars who weren't ready to graduate. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com