Movies I've Seen - The Heat (and M.I.A's Bad Girls)

• Sarah Ashburn, an FBI agent, is extremely ambitious and has her eye on a promotion, but she doesn't get along with her co-workers. She is sent to Boston to uncover the identity of an elusive drug lord, Mr. Larkin, by tracking down his proxy, Rojas, and is told that she'll have a good shot at the promotion if she finds Larkin. When she arrives in Boston, she learns that Larkin has been eliminating his competition and taking over their operations. She learns that Rojas is in Boston PD custody and goes to see him to ask him what he knows about Larkin, but is warned that the cop who arrested Rojas, Shannon Mullins, is very territorial, and she is not exactly sociable. When the two meet they don't get along. When Mullins learns why Ashburn is in Boston, she decides to find Larkin herself. Ashburn is told by her boss to work with Mullins, but it won't be easy because Ashburn does things by the book while Mullins does things her way.
  - Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

Here are a couple things I thought about while watching the movie:  1) Where did Melissa McCarthy get the scissors when they're in the bathroom of the club?  2)  Why are Melissa McCarthy's hands tied and not tied in two cutaways of the scene at the warehouse?  3)  Why do the bad guys kill EVERYONE really fast without any talk or discussion, except Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock?

And then I laughed a lot.

Yeah - there's a LOT of people that get killed in this movie.  More than I would have expected.
There's a lot of really foul language in the movie.
The story isn't very compelling.

But, darned if those two aren't really funny together.

I liked the movie because it made me laugh.  More than a few times.

I'd watch a sequel.

Also, the movie trailer is set to the song Bad Girls by M.I.A. which I really like.
Not my usual fare, but it has a really great beat and a hook that gets under my skin.
Watch the video for some bad ass stunts.  Then, watch this to see how the video was made and learn about Drifting and Skating.  Stunning.


A review from Sheila O'Mallery on Roger Ebert.com
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