Rotten
An amiable but decidedly lukewarm confection geared entirely around the two star turns.
Variety Staff, Variety
City Heat
When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!
1984 · 1h 37m · PG
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Benjamin Director
- Clint Eastwood as Lieutenant Speer
- Burt Reynolds as Mike Murphy
- Jane Alexander as Addy
- Madeline Kahn as Caroline Howley
- Rip Torn as Primo Pitt
- Irene Cara as Ginny Lee
- Richard Roundtree as Dehl Swift
- Tony Lo Bianco as Leon Coll
- William Sanderson as Lonnie Ash
- Nicholas Worth as Troy Roker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's certainly not a subtle movie, but with memorable performances, ludicrously over-the-top one-liners and amiable zaniness, it qualifies as a lot of fun.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
How do travesties like this get made?
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
One of Mr. Benjamin's main contributions to the film is a good-humored buoyancy, even when things are at their most muddled.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Under the direction of last-minute replacement Richard Benjamin, the results are insufferable -- grotesque, chaotic, demoralized.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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