Review: THE HEAT

This isn't 'Miss Congeniality's third outing. It is yet another detective-comedy starring Sandra Bullock. Here is our review of 'THE HEAT'.

By Staff

Sandra Bullock's strongest films are romantic comedies. She has done alright with dramas but Box Office numbers aren't as great as she'd like. Why not boost BO numbers with another comedy and invite an actress that is enjoying a great time in both movies and TV: Melissa McCarthy.

The story tells us about FBI agent 'Ashburn' who in order to get a desired promotion has to prove to her boss, played by Mexican actor Demián Bichir, that she can get along with other agents. He sends her to a Boston suburb to team-up with street agent 'Mullins'. An officer that is quite efficient even though, her methods are a slight unorthodox, to say the least.

Their mission is to stop a group of drug dealers before Mullins' family is threatened to death and Ashburn looses all chance to become more than just an agent. This won't be easy since their methods are complete opposites and to achieve their goals they will have to find some grey area and work as a team.

The film has some good moments, the performances are what you'd expect and the story has the needed seriousness for the genre.

Too bad director Paul Feig exploits none of these points to the fullest. The movie feels old, with recycled jokes and situations; it does make you laugh out loud a couple of times but it never builds momentum to take off and become a memorable film.