Black and Blue l 9xmovies
'Black and Blue' is an action thriller about a rookie cop (Naomie Harris) who inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her (Tyrese Gibson) as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
U.S. Army veteran Alicia West (Naomi Harris) returns to her hometown in New Orleans where she is recruited into the city's police department. Alicia is reminded by her new partner Kevin Jennings (Reid Scott) about the differences of residing in the community she grew up in and the police department.
In order Jennings can get home to date night with his wife, West takes his place in a double shift with another member of the force, Brown. He gets a call in the middle of their shift and they head over to meet with his CI in an abandoned building where he tells her to wait in the car. Alicia hears gunfire coming from the building where Brown went in and heads over, armed with a Glock pistol and a vest fitted with a body camera. There, Alicia witnesses detective Terry Malone and his men murder an unarmed drug dealer. When one of the men, officer Terry Malone (Frank Grillo), attempts to explain away the situation to her, the other, Smitty (Beau Knapp), panics upon seeing Alicia's body cam and shoots at her, causing Alicia to fall through the floor onto the ground below.
A wounded Alicia tries to get help but is shunned by everyone in the community. When a fellow police officer arrives, Alicia realizes they are working with Terry, forcing her to hide out in the store of Milo Jackson (Tyrese Gibson), a member of the community who is reluctant to hide her. She tries to get help from her partner, Jennings, but she finds out that he is in on it too and she runs away from him. Meanwhile, Malone blames West for the shooting and manipulates criminal kingpin Darius into putting out an open bounty on West because one of the kids that Malone murdered was Darius' nephew.
While recovering in Milo's home, West learns that Darius put out a bounty on her and that the whole community is tracking her down. So she not only has to escape from the corrupt cops but from the gangsters and her fellow police officers. Her only recourse is to upload the footage exposing the murders so she can clear her name.
Darius kidnaps Milo to get information on West but he doesn't give her up. She finally gives herself up to Darius so that she can explain she did not kill her nephew. Once they see the footage, they believe her. At the same time, the captain sends police officers to rescue West from Darius, and Malone, Brown and Smitty hatch a plan to get the body camera and kill West.
During the police raid on Darius' place, West gives the body camera to Milo so that he can sneak into the police station and upload the footage, while she stays and tries to outrun Malone who is trying to kill her. There is a standoff between Malone and West with the whole black community looking on. When West gets the upper hand, other police officers arrive and tell her to put down the gun. At the same time, the captain gets the footage and radios SRT to get them to stand down and tells them that West is innocent. Malone tries one last time to kill her, pretending she has a gun, but his partner, Jennings, shoots him in the chest.
Malone is arrested and West's name is cleared earning the respect of the other police officers. And given her courage and braveness in exposing the truth she also gains the respect of the black community.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
52% - Critics
93% - Audience
5.7
Black and Blue l 9xmovies
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January 06, 2020
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