![]() We're sure Matty is setting him up, so we're a little ahead of Ned, a man who should know better but doesn't (this is the guy who extracts a pack of cigarettes from his jogging shorts after going for a run). Even Matty's house will double cross you. What he needs is a dame who is a sucker for some good sexual innuendo/hard-boiled patter. And his way with the ladies seems routine for him. ![]() Stepped out of the shower and just started sweating again." But is Ned looking out the window at the fire, or is he really looking for something missing in his life? Ned's legal cases are thin at best, surely leaving him unfulfilled. Behind him, a Sysiphean fan spins as a girl dresses - "My god it's hot. The movie opens with a sweaty Ned watching a fire burning across town. With its amber-lit sets, BODY HEAT does more than make us hot - it makes us thirsty. It's an impossibility, since BODY HEAT is not a period piece, but we are aware we're being "force-noired" by the filmmaker so sure, let's just buy the whole box. From courtrooms to coffee shops and even mansions, fans are blowing and pores are leaking. ![]() Ned Racine (William Hurt) is an ambulance-chasing lawyer (even a judge admonishes him - "The next time you come into my courtroom, I hope you have either a better defense or a better class of client.") in a town in Southern Florida where inexplicably, air conditioners are a rarity.
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