The Heat (2013)

Genre: Comedy

Directed by: Paul Feig

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans

Running time: 117 minutes

Sarah Ashburn is an uptight and arrogant FBI Special Agent focused on results and her career. Shannon Mullins is a very effective Boston police officer, but she is crude, rude and rebellious. When the two are forced to work together on a case to bring down a major mobster, sparks are sure to fly.

I liked how the opening and closing credits of The Heat was a clear throwback to the old cop movies. The buddy cop genre has been done to death, with variable success, over the years. What this film lacked in terms of freshness, it made up for it with comedic timing and a good script.

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have a solid chemistry on screen and both manage to be very convincing in the respective polar opposite roles. McCarthy is funny and Bullock proves quite talented as the foil. Some of the lines were a little flat, but, overall, this is a very entertaining comedy, with lots of laughs, great physical humor and good action scenes.

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