The Big Heat fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
The Big Heat is tense, violent, and thrilling.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, crime, and class and money. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
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A hard cop and a soft dame.
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The Big Heat is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 88/100 (IMDb 7.9 and Rotten Tomatoes 95%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 29 min
The Big Heat runs 1 h 29 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Big Heat higher (95) than audiences (85). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+46GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Big Heat in 60 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 45 storytelling tropes for The Big Heat, including Brainless Beauty, Final Speech, There Are No Therapists.
7.9
