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Malone and Heat--one a sequel to the other?

posted 15 years ago by curtis-8
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"Malone" could have easily been a sequel or prequel to another Burt flick that came out at about the same time-- "Heat." Once you changed a couple of small plot points to make the films consistant, you'd still have exactly the same character at the center of each. Burt acts the same, looks the same, dresses the same, and his character in Heat has a very similar background and the exact same skills as the one on "Malone." In fact, the two films even share some of the same lines of dialog (almost). In "Malone" the young girl tells Burt's character that he must like violence. Burt replies that "No, I'm just good at it--there's a difference." In "Heat" Peter McNichol asks Burt if he's a naturally violent person. To which Burt replies "No, I'm just good at it."
I mean, really--could that be a total coincidence?

And on top of that, teh beginning and end of "Malone" shows Burt burning an identity card, so he obviously takes on a new identity now and again.

Anyway, the "Malone" character would have made a great series of flicks, if only it hadn't been dumped by the studio.

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[–] doubleout (21) 4 years ago

I've never seen Heat, so I didn't think of any connections there, but it did cross my mind that Malone could have been a great series.

Good character who could have worked in a lot of settings and even could have continued battling Delaney's organization since he said there were branches all over the country. Malone had unfinished business with the government as well.