Three Kinds of Heat 1987

Runtime

88 mins

Language

English

English

   Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.

Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.

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A gunfight erupts inside New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport between two factions of an Asian crime syndicate, the Black Lion. Airport cop Terry O’Shea, Victoria Barrett, intervenes, but she clashes with Major Shan, Shakti Chen, a Hong Kong police officer tailing the gangsters, over matters of jurisdiction. Shan is after Harry Pimm, Sylvester McCoy, a top Black Lion member who has managed to flee the terminal. The latter holds information about the group’s drug trafficking activities, which are conducted under the guise of a fireworks import business.

The scene shifts to a tense pursuit as U.S. State Department agent Elliott Cromwell, the agent who witnessed the shooting, asks for reinforcements from Interpol. When the agency finds itself short on personnel, he proposes enlisting both policewomen in his task force to dismantle the Black Lion, setting up an uneasy alliance among unlikely partners. The three contrasting personalities must set aside their differences to track down the mysterious Pimm. A growing romance develops between Cromwell and O’Shea as their investigation pushes them from the bustle of New York to the slick streets of London, England, and back again, all the while building toward a dramatic, last-reel twist and an explosive conclusion.

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