Where to Watch Blue Steel (1990) in the US

What it's about

On her first day on the job, NYPD officer Megan Turner, the lone officer on the scene, shoots and kills the perpetrator of a supermarket hold-up. Since no gun was found on the perpetrator's person or at the scene and none of the witnesses could corroborate Megan's story definitively that the perpetrator was indeed wielding a gun, she is suspended from active duty. She is quickly albeit temporarily reinstated to the position of homicide detective because the spent shell casing from the bullet used in a subsequent murder had her name carved on it. This murder ends up being only the first in a series. Working on the case with fellow homicide detective Nick Mann, Megan initially has no idea who in her life could be the murderer. In short order, the murderer does show himself to her. He is commodities trader Eugene Hunt who she met immediately following her suspension and who she has since dated. He also implies to her that he was in the supermarket at the time of the hold-up and that he fled the scene with the perpetrator's gun. The supermarket shooting caused a psychotic break in him which resulted in among other things his obsession with her. However, beyond his implications only to her of being the murderer, Megan has no hard evidence that would stand up in a court of law that Eugene is indeed the murderer. Megan has to convince her colleagues, especially Nick, that she is telling the truth about Eugene, while stopping him from killing again and equally as important stopping him from his continued psychological torture of her.

Cast and crew

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Writer

Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red

Starring

Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown

Details

Release date

Mar 16, 1990

Language

English

Country

United States

Box office

$8,217,997

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Where to Watch Blue Steel (1990) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Blue Steel in the United States?

Blue Steel is available with a subscription, free with ads, free with a participating library card, or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on Philo (HD) and Starz (HD). Watch the movie free with ads on Plex Channel (HD), Plex Player (HD), The Roku Channel (HD), and Tubi TV. Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD), hoopla, and Kanopy (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.

Can I stream Blue Steel or do I have to rent it in the United States?

Watch the movie with a subscription on Philo (HD) and Starz (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.

Can I watch Blue Steel for free in the United States?

Watch the movie free with ads on Plex Channel (HD), Plex Player (HD), The Roku Channel (HD), and Tubi TV. Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD), hoopla, and Kanopy (HD).