If you loved My Stepmother Is an Alien, try City Heat
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Richard Benjamin, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to My Stepmother Is an Alien, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What City Heat is
A working-class buddy flick with too many fedoras tries to make arson fun. When a private eye’s partner takes a header off a roof, the ex-cops reunite to incinerate the local syndicate. Such pyrotechnic goodwill apparently outlives grudges.

