Review of City Heat (1984) by David H — 27 Jun 2009
"City Heat" is set in Kansas City during the 1930s. The Private investigator and former cop Mike Murphys (Burt Reynolds) partner Dehl Swift (Richard Roundtree) is brutally slayed, when he tries to blackmail a mobster with his secret accounting records. Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood) and Mike Murphy who used to be Speers colleague, teams up to fight the mob, although they can't stand each other.
Having both Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in the leads should guarantee a hit back in the 80s, but this became a solid flop instead. No wonder when the balance between humour, drama and action is not working at all and the script is pretty poor I would say. There is no proper character development, which is one of the main problems. "City Heat" fails to deliver what you expect from the backdrop of this movie and this ends up on the minus shelf for both Eastwood and Reynolds in my book. This could have been so much better....
This review of City Heat (1984) was written by David H on 27 Jun 2009.
City Heat has generally received mixed reviews.
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