Blue Streak is another film in the cop buddy genre with the usual ingredients for a cop comedy, including the obligatory Dunkin' Donuts product placement, but it also displays a little bit of additional style with Martin Lawrence's special brand of in-your-face physical humor as its driving force.
Lawrence is professional thief Miles Logan, a high-tech safecracker whose jewel heist goes awry when a double-crossing member of his team attempts to murder his cohorts and keep all the profits from the stolen diamond. Two years later, Miles, fresh out of prison, discovers that the place housing his diamond has been turned into an LAPD station. Visual slapstick abounds as he schemes his way to where the gem awaits. Desperate to get past the tight security, Miles' antics include disguising himself as a wacked-out pizza delivery boy and impersonating a newly transferred robbery detective who inadvertently stops a criminal attempting to escape the precinct, earning the respect of his new co-workers including his straight- laced partner Carlson (Wilson).
Director Les Mayfield (Encino Man) only uses the "thief impersonating a cop" gag as a starting point. The car chases are well handled and the action in the last act of this movie is not only high-style, but also makes sense in terms of the plot. Good casting of villains is essential in action comedies and here the sinister Peter Greene is a convincing counterpoint. Blue Streak works, so why not come along and check it out for yourself.