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When The Mann Chews You Up & Spits You Out
Name-checking memorable on-screen duos... Al Pacino / Marlon Brando,
Bud Cort / Ruth Gordon, Martin Lawrence / Luke Wilson... do it until
you're blue in the face and you'll still probably overlook one of
the landmark pairings of cinematic talent in Mike Mann's Heat.
No, not the Pacino / Deniro hors d'oeuvre. We mean the one scene
pitting the thespian skills of Pacino against the street smarts
of rapper Tone Loc. Mr. Loc, with a raspy voice that begs for a
water bong, gets elbow deep in his role of a stool pigeon's loose-lipped
brother. Meanwhile, Pacino bellows a few non-sequiturs before breaking
the case wide open. Normally, the type of harvest that this level
of pairing reaps is Oscar-style roles. Unfortunately, it looks like
Pacino's phone is the only one ringing. Here are Tone Loc's accomplishments
since Heat.
- Freedom Strike (1998) ... Tyler Haynes
- Fakin' Da Funk (1997) ... Frog
- Spy Hard (1996) ... Gangster #1
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Tone Loc
Funky Cold Unemployment
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