Product Details

• Actors: Rob Stewart
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 9
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tango Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Run Time: 3105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ZJ2ZLI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,731 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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TROPICAL HEAT:COMP SERIES - DVD Movie

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nick, you slaughter me!, August 6, 2008

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B. A. Cox - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tropical Heat: Sweating Bullets Complete Series (DVD)

This show is a pleasure to get re-acquainted with. I didn't really watch it on television as often as I might have liked back in the 90s, but 11:30 was a bit late for me (still is!). A friend, back in those days, referred to CBS's "Crime Time after Prime Time" shows- most of which had male protagonists called Nick- as "Nick at Night"! I would ask, "Which one is it tonight? Nick the vigilante Judge, Nick the vampire cop, or Nick the hippie private eye?" Well, Nick the Hippie Private Eye was always my favorite. The show is fun, serious at the appropriate moments (without becoming too serious), and funny most of the time without descending into parody. Rob Stewart and Carolyn Dunn are rare treasures. He is wasted in guest shots; he should have his own regular show, period.
He can carry one, easily. She could do the same, and her O.T.T. serious Sylvie is a perfect foil for ne'er-do-well, ladykiller Nick. Tropical Heat- or Sweating Bullets, as I first knew it and prefer to call it- is not unlike Magnum, P.I. (I've been known to refer to Nick Slaughter as the low-rent Magnum!), and if you like Magnum, you'll probably like Sweating Bullets for the same reasons. Would that Sweating Bullets had been on as long as Magnum, P.I.!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last - All episodes of Tropical Heat, January 9, 2008

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Rob Cort (Linz, Österreich) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tropical Heat: Sweating Bullets Complete Series (DVD)

Finally Tango released the second and third season of Tropical Heat. the picture and sound quality is ok. There are up to 8 episodes on each DVD. Nick and Sylvie are back on Key Mariah!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Budget, but good fun., September 13, 2010

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DAVIN G MOORE - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tropical Heat: Sweating Bullets Complete Series (DVD)

It is like some sort of weird, budget, low brow lite mix of Magnum PI, Moonlighting, Miami Vice, and soft porn.
Presumably it filled a void when all those other great shows had just ended their runs in the late 80's. Nick Slaughter delivers his lines like a mix of David Addison, Hawkeye Pierce and Mike Hammer. It is total escapism and because of this and it's mix of influences I enjoy sitting down, relaxing, and watching an episode or two when I just want to switch off my brain for a while. The new character Spider in season two is an annoying little knob, the guy playing bartender in the first season was better. This shows weaknesses are it's strengths, so if you can get over the low budget and some dodgy acting (Nick and Sylvie are OK though), you can sink in to it and have some fun.

The quality of the DVD image is not that good, it was originally filmed on video by the looks of it and compressed to DVD. The audio on the first episode was only coming out of one channel. So overall it is probably a bit over priced as a DVD set, but that didn't stop me buying it cause I knew I was going to have fun. This show could easily diassapear wthout a trace so best to grab it while you can if you want it is my suggestion.