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Last scene similar to 'Heat'

posted 19 years ago by vj3k4
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If you've seen the last few minutes of this movie you may note how similar it is to "Heat"'s infamous finale. The shadows, the chase, etc. The setting is different, but boy it looks similar. "Heat" is a much much better movie though.

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[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 19 years ago

Almost as good as "Grave Diggers from Outer Space."

Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.

[–] freddy66 19 years ago

I thought that the ending was very similar to "White Heat" 1949...

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 19 years ago

It was all a homage to the original 1932 version starring and directed by Irving Pichel. Charmed I'm sure.

Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.

[–] louis-king 16 years ago

They used the same explosions.

[–] jmars35264 14 years ago

He's referring to White Heat with Cagney.

[–] Mrs_Bundy 14 years ago

Also resembles a later production, Hell in the Pacific, in which two implacable Others, two mirror images reminiscent of matter and antimatter, collide, resulting in their own annihilation.

[–] vitolucia 13 years ago

Haven't seen this film yet (although I plan on seeing it tomorrow as part of a Robert Wise retropsective put on by the KC Library) so I can't yet comment on the Heat comparison. However, in reference to the Heat finale, I always thought that climax at the airport was borrowed from the Bullitt ending, but in Michael Mann's commentary on the Heat dvd, he never mentions Bullitt so maybe the similarities were merely a coincidence or just something that jumped out to me. Anyway, if someone felt the need to reference Heat along with this film,then I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it. Also a big Robert Ryan fan so that alone was enough of a motivator previous to noticing this thread.