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Narcotic Agent

Original title: Catch the Heat
  • 1987
  • R
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
373
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Narcotic Agent (1987)
Martial ArtsActionComedyCrimeDrama

Two American cops travel to Argentina, and one of them goes undercover to infiltrate an international drug ring, while the other coordinates with the local authorities to bring the illegal o... Read allTwo American cops travel to Argentina, and one of them goes undercover to infiltrate an international drug ring, while the other coordinates with the local authorities to bring the illegal organization down.Two American cops travel to Argentina, and one of them goes undercover to infiltrate an international drug ring, while the other coordinates with the local authorities to bring the illegal organization down.

  • Director
    • Joel Silberg
  • Writer
    • Stirling Silliphant
  • Stars
    • Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant
    • David Dukes
    • Rod Steiger
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    373
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joel Silberg
    • Writer
      • Stirling Silliphant
    • Stars
      • Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant
      • David Dukes
      • Rod Steiger
    • 13User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant
    Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant
    • Checkers Goldberg
    • (as Tiana Alexandra)
    David Dukes
    David Dukes
    • Waldo Tarr
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Jason Hannibal
    Brian Thompson
    Brian Thompson
    • Danny Boy
    Jorge Martínez
    Jorge Martínez
    • Raul De Villa
    John Hancock
    John Hancock
    • Ike
    Brian Libby
    Brian Libby
    • Brody
    Professor Toru Tanaka
    Professor Toru Tanaka
    • Dozu
    Jessica Schultz
    • Maria
    Russell Clark
    Russell Clark
    • Reggie
    Norman Erlich
    Norman Erlich
    • Jose Calsado
    Cecilia Maresca
    • Juanita
    Jacques Arndt
    Jacques Arndt
    • Dr. Bleyer
    Miguel Habud
    • Ramon
    • (as Miguel Angel Habud)
    John Dresden
    John Dresden
    • San Francisco Cop
    Bill Wood
    • Officer #1
    Amparo Ibarlucia
    • Hannibal's Secretary
    Masafumi Sakanashi
    • Kendo Master
    • Director
      • Joel Silberg
    • Writer
      • Stirling Silliphant
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    User reviews13

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    8Killa42

    See this for Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant

    If you're a fan of movies of strong and beautiful women and also enjoy a taste of the 80s, this is a must.

    I don't understand all of the negative reviews. This is a typical action flick of its time with nothing at all wrong with it.

    Storyline: Undercover police woman has a task to figure out how drug smugglers and murders are getting away with their crimes. There's a nice romance subplot between her and her partner and their growth is endearing.

    Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant plays the police woman. It's the only action movie she ever stared in and it's a shame because she's an excellent and realistic martial artist.

    What I mean is that unlike other movies where it's kind of obvious the woman would lose the fight in reality, Tiana's fights are believable. And often, the big guy she's fighting overpowers her and her ways of winning the fights are believable.

    Quick pros and cons: I really liked how the writers used realistic fight sequences. As a fan of 80s music, that was okay, too.

    However, the guns scenes were a bit ridiculous.

    Everyone had machine guns and used them like toys. This movie is not a gun movie though.

    Every scene with Tiana was charming and her character was adorable and fun. As a fan of movies with women who can fight, you should watch this and you won't be let down. It's free on YouTube. Just look up "Catch the Heat 1984" there. Also, give this a thumbs up if it helped you, or down if you're an Aussie (I know that means "like" to you people).
    5gridoon

    Routine action film, but Tiana is a real babe

    This is, on almost all accounts, a routine mid-to-low-budget 80's action film, mostly set in Argentina, with its weakest point probably being Rod Steiger's totally boring, sleepwalking villain. So let's talk about the female star, Tiana Alexandra:

    • She is VERY good-looking


    • She has a charming smile


    • She fills out a wet T-shirt and a tight sweater beautifully


    • She can act (going from a foul-mouthed, no-nonsense cop to her undercover role as a naive young girl)


    • She can dance


    • She can fight (her ingenuity in dealing with the brick wall of a man "Professor" Tanaka inside a small room is certainly memorable)


    • She can pose BEFORE the fight and take the mental advantage over her opponent.


    Basically, she's the only reason for someone to see this movie, and it's a shame she wasn't given a second break. If this one flopped, she should be the last person to blame. (**)
    jeffreytull1960

    Don't waste your time

    At some point in the 1980's I guess the Shoot 'em up genre was considered to be guaranteed box-office gold. That fact must have been on the minds of the producers of this horribly made 1987 action movie. Instead of gold what we have here is pure Hollywood hokum. At its best, it is an extremely dated, nonsensical, wholly unappealing movie with the flimsiest of plots. At worst, it's downright racist with the female's lead stereotyping Asian women and their 'in-abilitee to no-talk-ee good EN-grish.' Rod Steiger does nothing to help, sleepwalking through his role as a South American drug smuggler / talent scout (yes,...really). The inane "A-Team" style, rock 'em - sock 'em, kung-fu action interspersed throughout the film does nothing to salvage this sinking ship. Neither does the attempt at a love story between the male lead and his Asian co-star. Even a hot, kung-fu kicking babe can't save this rambling, boring, beast of a movie from the weight of its own lumbering storyline, painful dialogue and grindhouse acting. Don't waste your time.It would be more entertaining to go down to the local Chinese deli and spend the evening watching the clerk clean the meat slicers.
    3Zeegrade

    How exactly do I catch the heat?

    Tiana Alexandra plays kung-fu copper Checkers Goldberg. Yes, this is not a typo. Checkers freaking Goldberg. Despite being 100% Vietnamese she is given this goofy name (What, Shamus O'Reilly was too unbelievable?) and even goofier starring role as any hint of real talent is basically her knack for slow karate moves and looking good in a wet t-shirt (apparently bras are optional at this police department). Checkers and her partner Waldo, (David Dukes who tries really hard, no really he does!) are sent to investigate heroin dealers in Buenos Aires that have been shipping the smack back to Los Angeles. Turns out it's Rod Steiger with a toupee so bad it trumps any international crime the drug dealing might incur. Steiger's Jason Hannibal is also a talent scout and that's where Checkers becomes acquainted with him as.......Cinderella Poo! What is it with these names? Turns out Hannibal is smuggling the drugs into the U.S. by stuffing it into breast implants. Why they would send in a woman with sizable knockers in the first place is a mystery to me. With all the attention, rightly so, on boobs, you'd think you would get to see a pair every once in a while. You'd be wrong. This is like a Fred Olen Ray movie if Mr. Ray had become a Mormon. Not fun. Eventually Checkers kicks and chops her way through men three times her size all the while enduring every sexually charged innuendo by Waldo who was not aware of what a litigious society the work place would become in the nineties. A sideplot concerning Waldo's feelings for Checkers is clumsily heaped in to add another layer onto their partnership. The "heat" ain't coming from the sexual chemistry from these two that's for sure. A movie by boobs about boobs that show no boobs except for the boobs who watched this. Catch a nap instead.
    5merklekranz

    "Cute as a button" heroine saves the film .........

    If it were not for spunky heroine, "Checkers Goldberg", played by Tiana Alexander, "Catch the Heat" could be dismissed as just another mindless shoot em up to fill the drive in theaters. Her performance is so upbeat and entertaining however, that it overcomes the "I've seen it all before" plot. The first hour is the best part of "Catch the Heat", with "Checkers" kicking and killing "Professor Toru Tanaka". The late David Dukes is along for the ride as Alexander's partner, but his performance is completely forgettable. The same could be said for Rod Steiger, who plays a geriatric villain. The movie is not to be taken seriously, and comes across as more or less mocking itself. - MERK

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    • Quotes

      Waldo Tarr: Give me a name or I'll give you a vagina!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Blue-Jean Cop (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Captive in the Heat of Night
      Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker

      Performed by Lorraine Devon Wilke and Donny Gerrad

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    • Release date
      • October 1987 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Argentina
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Feel the Heat
    • Filming locations
      • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
      • M'Amsel Tea Entertainment
      • Negocios Cinematográficos S.A.
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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