They're just trying to stay alive long enough to kill each other.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Spoken Reasons |
Director |
Paul Feig |
Screenplay | Katie Dippold |
Music | Michael Andrews |
Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
Editing | Jay Deuby, Brent White |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2013 |
Produced by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Chernin Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Dune Entertainment III |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Action, comedy |
Language | Strong, frequent, comedy context |
Nudity | None |
Sex | Comedy context, mild, sexual references, innuendos |
Violence | Strong, infrequent, not bloody, contextual |
Prejudice | NOne |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | Part of the theme, moderate, contextual, anti-drug message |
Comments | In this film, FBI agent Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is assigned to a drug-ridden city of Boston to catch and arrest a drug kingpin by the name of Simon Larkin. She succeeds with the help of detective Mulline Shannon, who is foul-mouthed and they later become friends. |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Badged babes prove a hot ticket. | 10 | |
Die Burger Rozanne Els Lekker uit-die-maag-lag-pret. | 10 | |
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Potty mouth mirth ups pranks. | 10 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs As it stands, it's bloated and redundant, with the new XX chromosome shell adding nothing to the mix. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 37 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 154 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Heat is predictable, but Melissa McCarthy is reliably funny and Sandra Bullock proves a capable foil. | 13 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 12 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 19709 Netizens There were about 50 people in the theater when I went to see it. I was the about 20th one to get up and walk out about half way through. | 14 | |
Average .. 56% | 11 |