City Heat
 | Directed by Richard Benjamin Starring: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn Warner Home Video, 1984, DVD Customer Rating: 16 reviews Recommend |
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- In Kansas City 1933, wisecracking detective Murphy (Burt Reynolds) tracks the killer of his partner. Police Lt. Speer (Clint Eastwood) doesn't have much tolerance for the local mob war's body count. Neither guy likes each other, so that makes them a dream team. And it provides the ideal scenario as they clean up the town with slugfests and shoot-'em-ups that parody Reynolds' and Eastwood's macho s
A 1930's gangster/detective yarn about a Kansas City police lieutenant on the trail of underworld thugs and the private detective that keeps getting in his way.
This was supposed to be a blockbuster: the 1984 meeting of then-box-office icons Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood. Instead, the result was surprisingly flat, though Reynolds and Eastwood have their moments. The plot is a mishmash about bootleggers, gangsters, and kidnapping in the 1930s, with Reynolds as a free-wheeling private eye and Eastwood as a jaded cop who doesn't like Reynolds's style. The two stars exaggerate their well-established screen personas, which, in Reynolds's case, was already exaggerated enough. Directed by Richard Benjamin, it's weak stuff, despite a cast that includes Rip Torn, Madeline Kahn, Tony Lo Bianco, and Jane Alexander. The big running gag is about the size of Eastwood's gun. — Marshall Fine
Title: City Heat
Sales Rank: 19112 in DVD
Actor: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn
Director: Richard Benjamin
Studio: Warner Home Video, 2003-09-02, Theatrical Release: 1984-12-07
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 93 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.25 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches, 0.2 pounds
- Spoofing the private eye and hard nosed cop movies
- Clint Eastwood and Bert Reynolds star in this light hearted spoof of the hard nosed private eye and cop movies.
Reynolds is the smart a$$ private eye and Eastwood is the hard as nails cop in this romp into the 1930s as they battle bootleggers,
gangsters, and each other. Eastwood often plays straight man to Reynolds… More reviews
- Great entertainment - Loved this one
- Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Madeline Kahn outdo themselves with witty, well-written dialogue. This movie is full of everything you love about Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. Plenty of action and comedy. A must see for any Clint Eastwood or Burt Reynolds fan.… More reviews
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- Completely underrated movie
- I'm not sure what people expected of this movie, but if you forget about who the actors are in this movie and just watch it for fun, it's a hoot! Sure, the plot's a little thin, but it's a comedy, who cares. Enjoy, it's fun and funny.… More reviews
- Very funny and underrated
- I think the humor in this film is a little to sophisticated for most Clint and/or Burt fans but this is a great movie. This is a very intelligent comedy that many people just wont get. I have read that people think the actors gave wooden preformances, that's what the parts call for. This film has some great scenes, especially… More reviews
