Dark Blue (2003)

In some warped families, one sibling gets all the love and attention, while the other is shunned like an ungainly embarrassment. That's Dark Blue's relationship to Training Day. Both were penned by the same writer, David Ayer, but Dark Blue was shot before that 2001 Oscar winner and sat on the shelf while the studio pondered whether to bury it. This gritty portrayal of deep-rooted police corruption won't snag a Golden Baldie for its star; nor will it stoke up its director's career as a hot property. Yet, in most respects, Blue is the superior movie.

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