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UFO Conspiracy
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The Importance of Being Funny
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Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully
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Pitched Battle: In the Frontline of the 1971 Springbok Tour of Australia
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How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
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Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated The Big Heat (1953) in Movies
Jan 16, 2018
The film missed a few steps, wasn't perfect by any means. In fact, one can argue that there was one glaring plothole throughout just staring at you the entire time. I didn't realize it until there was about half an hour left, but it made me stop and say, "Wait...what? But why didn't they just...ok. Whatevs." Call me old, but I'm learning to let things go. Good doesn't mean perfect. The Big Heat falls well of perfection but it gets the job done.
There is a lot to digest throughout the film so make sure to keep up. This isn't a film you watch while browsing Google or folding clothes. I had to rely on protagonist Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) to keep me on track. His screen time has a way of captivating you as you quickly come to love this character. In a town full of "yellow-bellied ninnies", Bannion wasn't afraid to stand up to the mob and what he knew to be true. Dude was so tough he gave others the courage to stand up as well. Props.
The film did lose me in spots and lost a few points as a result. At its core, though, is a movie that ultimately gets it right. In Bannion's efforts to get to the bottom of a cop committing suicide, the audience is taken on a thrilling journey that I hope to revisit at some point down the road. I give The Big Heat an 81.
Cowboy Up: Coming Home Book 3
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Cowboy Up is the third sultry novel in the Coming Home series from New York Times and USA Today...
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The Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women
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Queen Victoria is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this...
Morningstar
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Sorcery, swordplay and dark necromancy combine in this stunning novel from the author of the...