As I watched "Heat", I kept thinking that it looks like a film with an unfinished script...or perhaps bits and pieces of scripts that aren't woven together well. A lot of this makes sense when I read through the IMDB trivia...and the film reportedly has a half dozen directors! This explains a lot, as the film just seems a bit directionless and meandering. It's really a shame...and it's a film that probably shouldn't have been made unless it had only one director and one script and one direction.
Burt Reynolds plays Mex, a guy who does favors for money....which mostly involves being a personal body guard. But he also does other things, such as beating the snot out of three guys who, for kicks, beat the up a poor woman. After this, he takes on a job from a strange guy whose motives and motivations seem to change throughout the film. Later, the same guy pays Mex to teach him to be more macho...which seems impossible since the guy is played by Peter MacNicol.
The film has good moments but isn't a coherent film. I like the hairpiece bit (though it certainly is ironic considering Reynolds himself wore a toupee for years in his films) and thought the gambling addiction portion could have been really interesting. But overall, it's a weak film that seems more like a direct to video film than a feature you'd have seen in the theaters.
Burt Reynolds plays Mex, a guy who does favors for money....which mostly involves being a personal body guard. But he also does other things, such as beating the snot out of three guys who, for kicks, beat the up a poor woman. After this, he takes on a job from a strange guy whose motives and motivations seem to change throughout the film. Later, the same guy pays Mex to teach him to be more macho...which seems impossible since the guy is played by Peter MacNicol.
The film has good moments but isn't a coherent film. I like the hairpiece bit (though it certainly is ironic considering Reynolds himself wore a toupee for years in his films) and thought the gambling addiction portion could have been really interesting. But overall, it's a weak film that seems more like a direct to video film than a feature you'd have seen in the theaters.