City Heat

City Heat

When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!

Directed by Richard Benjamin

Produced by Deliverance Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

198497 min5.5 / 10

A lighthearted 1930s buddy-cop action-comedy where two estranged former partners reunite to take down the mob, balancing wisecracks with gunplay.

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

Questions people ask

  • Is City Heat sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is City Heat violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is City Heat easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is City Heat scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does City Heat end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity50

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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