Blue Streak (film)

Blue Streak is a 1999 American buddy cop comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe. The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios which is located in Culver City, California.

Jewel thief Miles Logan Martin Lawrence participates in a 17million diamond heist in Los Angeles. One accomplice, Deacon Peter Greene, wants the diamond all for himself, killing one member of the teameddie, and Logan escapes to a nearby construction site, hiding the diamond in a vent as the police close in. Deacon escapes, while Logan is caught and arrested as a robber, spending two years in jail. Upon his release, he argues with his exgirlfriend, Janiece Tamala Jones, who is angry for him lying to her about being a banker. Returning to the spot where he hid the diamond, Logan is dismayed that the site is the location of a new LAPD police station.Posing as an eccentric pizza deliveryman, Logan steals an ID card from a rookie detective, and has his contact Uncle Lou Richard C. Sarafian create a new persona for him, Detective Malone, a hotshot detective transferring from West Covina. After inadvertently foiling a prisoner escape while searching for the diamond, Logan is teamed up with naive detective Carlson Luke Wilson and sent out in the field. He teaches Carlson many different things on the job, substituting his criminal knowledge for police work, such as determining from a poorlystaged breakin that a car repair owner faked the theft of his own hubcaps with the intention of selling them on the streets, both finding the hubcaps and informing the owner that he would actually receive less for them on the street. Logan and Carlson bring in Logans former accomplice Tulley Dave Chappelle during a failed robbery attempt forcing Logan to convince him to go along with the arrest to maintain his cover, and capture a truck that is carrying a large shipment of heroin, and is promoted to Lead Detective of the Burglary Division with the admiration of his colleagues. Although Carlson discovers that his identity is fake Logan having never intended to spend this long in the station and therefore believing that a more detailed background wouldnt be required Logan convinces him th

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