The gist here is “The call to action,” a term known mostly to screenwriters. It means at some point in almost any movie the main character will be invited by an outside force to go on his or her particular journey. What usually happens is they end up “refusing the call,” because they’re still not…

“Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.” They don’t make ’em like that anymore. The really good cops and robbers movies are pretty few and far between these days. Heat is almost 30 years old.…