One reason why "My Blue Heaven" hasn’t remained plugged into the collective cultural memory bank is, although it’s not a complete failure, it also doesn’t do anything especially well.

Is too long by at least a half-hour for the surprisingly slight tale it has to tell.

The screenplay takes a generic situation and does nothing interesting with it, resulting in a subpar motion picture offering little in the way of sustainable entertainment.

Too little use of a rich palette of music and too much peddling of important themes like diversity and the evils of cultural appropriation.

A mid-budget action/thriller featuring a recognizable star and not requiring much in the way of attention or dedication from a viewer.

Unlikely to elevate the based-on-a-videogame category above the dismal level where it has wallowed for the past quarter-century.