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Catch the Heat (aka Feel the Heat) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | Anamorphic, Blu-ray |
Contributor | Rod Steiger, David Dukes, Professor Toru Tanaka, Tiana Alexandra, Brian Thompson |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
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Tiana Alexandra (The Killer Elite) is Checkers Goldberg. She’s tough and she’s deadly. Like a one-woman strike force, she punches, kicks and shoots her way from the streets of San Francisco to the underbelly of South America in the sizzling, action-packed thrill-ride, Catch the Heat. Following a grisly trail of violence to Buenos Aires, Checkers masquerades as exotic dancer Cinderella Pu and discovers that kingpin Jason Hannibal—deviously played by screen great Rod Steiger (A Fistful of Dynamite)—is smuggling heroin out of the country by surgically implanting the contraband inside the bodies of unsuspecting young women. Pretending to submit to Hannibal’s gruesome operation, Checkers is suddenly plunged into the ultimate confrontation where only her wits and blazing martial arts savvy can save her. Co-starring David Dukes (Rawhead Rex), Professor Toru Tanaka (The Perfect Weapon) and Brian Thompson (Cobra), this explosive ’80s actioner features direction by Joel Silberg (Breakin’, Rappin’, Lambada) from a script by award-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night, Charly, The Towering Inferno).
Special Features: -Theatrical Trailer -VHS Preview Spot -Optional English Subtitles
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Package Dimensions : 6.73 x 5.39 x 0.55 inches; 2.72 Ounces
- Media Format : Anamorphic, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Release date : August 2, 2022
- Actors : Tiana Alexandra, David Dukes, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson, Professor Toru Tanaka
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Kino Lorber/Scorpion
- ASIN : B0B3222G53
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #138,425 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #8,360 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs
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Produced in association with a rather haughty sounding outfit called M'amsel Tea Entertainment that one presumes was fronted by the Vietnamese-American actress herself, CATCH THE HEAT casts the overeager-to-be-a-star Alexander as Checkers, a hot shot U.S. cop recruited by tough guy partner David Dukes (very wrong for this kind of role) to infiltrate Rod Steiger's Buenos Aires drug operation via his nightclub by posing as an imported dancer from Hong Kong. Steiger's master plan for flooding the U.S. with drugs involves ripping off and killing his Malaysian suppliers, then encouraging his dancers to undergo boob jobs, whereupon their bazooms are stuffed with bags of heroin before the gals are shipped back to the U.S. (!) Yeah, that's a speedy plan! Alexander's "clever" disguise consists almost entirely of a high-slit cheongsam, a few Suzy Wong wigs, and one of the phoniest Chinese "accents" ever heard on film. In fact, Alexander doesn't so much effect an accent as an "oriental" cadence that would fool no one because every word she speaks utilizing this facade sounds like fluent English in its own right, with only the rhythm of the sentences making it all sound "foreign". But she's beautiful, "feisty", and she fills out unitards and Danskins quite nicely while delivering high kicks to the faces of Steiger's goons.
Production values rival an average TV cop show of the day: flat compositions, hasty framing, harsh lighting, but with a couple of larger explosions than you might see on the tube.
Weirdest gag in the movie: when henchman Ike (John Hancock) discovers the undercover Alexander's real name, Checkers Goldberg :shock:, and calls her "that f***in' Chinese Jew, half heeb half chink" which makes little sense as it implies that the character is of mixed heritage, which she's clearly not, or that she adopted the religion, which still wouldn't make her half-Jewish. I'm guessing Silliphant thought it sounded funny, but didn't think about it beyond that.
**I say "alleged wife" above because the IMDB's entry for Tiana Alexandra lists her year of birth as 1961 and claims she was married to Stirling Silliphant until his death but give no year for their marriage. The Silliphant entry, however lists the year of his marriage to one Tiana Du Long as 1974. If these two are the same woman, which seems highly likely, that means either a) he married her when she was 13 or b) she lied about her age somewhere along the line. Wish the IMDB could be straight about this.
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But, what livens this up is the amazing Tiana Alexandra who goes through some amazing outfits and bizarre/offensive characters on her way to cracking a particularly nasty drug ring.
Expect those gun fights where the guards never seem to hit anything but pot plants. Expect some classic villians, including one very famous Japanese one who is killed by a piece of furniture. Expect a breathtaking black catsuit and some dodgy guards.
All this and more will you find in cliched piece of 80s police action cinema.
I had to buy it in this region as I could find a UK one. Is it worth it if you are not a particular fan of Ms Alexandra - probably not. I've never seen it on TV but you won't be missing much. Hardcore fans only. Even the fighting won't blow you away.