Catch the Heat (1987)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Joel Silberg

Writer:

Stirling Silliphant (writer)

Release Date:

October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Drug Dealer | Undercover Cop | Erotica | Female Nudity | Murder

Cast

Tiana Alexandra	...	Checkers Goldberg
David Dukes	...	Waldo Tarr
Rod Steiger	...	Jason Hannibal
Brian Thompson	...	Danny Boy
Jorge Martínez	...	Raul De Villa (as Jorge Martinez)
John Hancock	...	Ike
Brian Libby	...	Brody
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Dozu
Jessica Schultz	...	Maria
Russell Clark	...	Reggie
Norman Erlich	...	Jose Calsado
Cecilia Maresca	...	Juanita
Jacques Arndt	...	Dr. Bleyer
Miguel Habud	...	Ramon (as Miguel Angel Habud)
John Dresden	...	San Francisco Cop

Also Known As:

Feel the Heat
Sentir la persecusión (Argentina)
Sin escape (Argentina)

Runtime:

Argentina:100 min | Brazil:88 min | USA:87 min | West Germany:84 min (video)

Country:

Argentina | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Cinecolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

West Germany:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Negocios Cinematográficos S.A.

Soundtrack:

Captive In The Heat

Feel The Boredom

Yet another of those not so brilliant films about the life of a female cop. This one however, is Chinese but American raised, and she is known as something of a Kung-Fu expert (originality!). Her latest mission is to pretend to be a singer from Hong Kong called Cinderella-Poo (!) in order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers who hide their stash in women's breasts and pretending that they're silicon implants (!!). This bizarre plot is further complicated by the fact that one of the criminal gang has been arrested by our heroine before, and shock, horror! Her commanding officer is secretly in love with her! How will all this be resolved? Does anybody care?

Well, 'Feel The Heat' is noteworthy for one thing. It features the worse use of pigeon English I've ever heard, when Miss Poo puts on her act of being an illiterate foreigner for her undercover mission. Nobody with an IQ of more than a single digit would be fooled by this pathetic facade, but these so-called professional crooks fall for it hook, line and sinker. This isn't the only situation where suspension of disbelief is essential, as our 5'5 cop policewoman starts felling huge bad guys with just one kick, and people can run for ages despite being shot in the leg and stomach.

But of course, we can overlook all that nonsense if it was actually entertaining. Sadly, there's nothing here you haven't seen a million times before in better action movies, with budgets of more than a few thousand. The gunfire, the explosions and the martial-arts fights will just inspire a distinct feeling of deja vu which will last till the ending credits roll. I can only recommend it if you've already seen every other movie in the genre ever made. And just how likely is that?! 3/10