BLUE TIGER isn't necessarily a bad film, but it is one that's hard to get excited about. Virginia Madsen - hot off the success of CANDYMAN - stars as a mother left grieving when her son is accidentally gunned down. Turns out he was in the wrong place at the wrong time; in the middle of a battle between rival Japanese gangsters, no less. Madsen swears revenge, and this involves her going undercover in the seedy world of the Yakuza; she even get extensive tattoo work. The set-up of all this is quite interesting, although dated in the visuals and particularly the dim blue lighting in a lot of the night time scenes. The second half drops off in quality a bit, turning into a half-hearted romance and ending in a way which is a little weak and drawn-out.
Review of Blue Tiger
