(Some Spoilers) When LAPD Detective Bill Keegen, John P. Feritta, tracked down who's really pushing this heavy heavy sh*t, designer drug, into L.A from New Orleans that he ended up brutally and ritualistically,Voodoo style with his heart cut out, murdered. That's when Det.Keegen got a bit too close in finding out who's the person or persons behind all this drug trafficking in town.Showing up to finish the job that his partner Det. Keegen started is LAPD Detective Mike Bishop, Anthony Edwards, and he immediately runs into a road block in nobody wanting to talk about the dangerous drugs, a cross between Crack & Ice, out on the street and the person behind them the late psycho killer and former city drug kingpin Antoine Forbes. In fact Forbes has disappeared into the Bayou some three years ago during a police shootout where NOPD-New Orleans Police Department- undercover officer Jackson Rivers, Lance Henriksen,ended up with his left hand getting chewed off by an hungry alligator when he, after Forbes blew up his drug factory, fell into the swamp!It's in fact Rivers old boss Capain "Scarface" Crawford, Rod Masterson,who suggests that Bishop team up with the now retired and hermit-like Rivers in that he knows both the city and swamps,where Det. Keegen's murderer is suspected to comes from, better then anyone Old Captain "Scarface" can think off. Meanwhile Rivers who since he lost his left hand had developed, by working out at the gym, the most devastating left hook since Sonny "The Big Ugly Bear" Liston and "Smokin Joe" Frazier had in their heydays. It's with that explosive and lethal and wicked left hook that Rivers does far more damage to the bad guys then anything he could come up with in the arsenal he has stored in his shack deep in the Bayou. It takes a while and a number of dead bodies for both the now good old cop buddy boys Bishop & Rivers to figure out who's behind not only this new drug being spread all across country, from New Orleans to L.A, but who in fact murdered Bishop's partner Detective Keegen. And as we and Bishop & Rivers soon find out those responsible were there with them all the time right under their noses but they were too blind, by looking in other directions, to notice them. And with that the two cop's lives are now in danger of being snuffed out just like Detective Keegen and anyone else who came too close to uncover their, the drug pushers, operation!***MAJOR SPOILER*** The real big surprise in the film wasn't who was behind all this murdering and drug pushing in New Orleans but the whereabouts of the what at first seemed to be deceased drug kingpin Antoine Forbes. We soon find out with the help of Forbes daughter Vicky, Besty Russell, that he's in fact alive but not quite well living, if you can call it that, in a private sanitarium outside the New Orleans city limits. We get the see what looks like a mummified Antoine Forbes as he's slowly turned around and placed in front of the camera which has the same effect on the shocked and terrified movie audience as the famous turnaround scene scene in the movie "Psycho" when we finally get to see Norman Bates mummified mother! The difference is that in the case of Forbes he's, or at least he supposed to be,alive and Moma Bates was quite dead!

Any Lance Henriksen movie is worth a look, and there are quite a few to look at. Some are unwatchable like "Sasquatch Mountain", then there are the overlooked gems like "Delta Heat". Sure it's another mismatched buddy cop film, but the humor is there, the plot is acceptable with a twist ending, Lance Henriksen plays a colorful swamp rat perfectly, and the film has definite entertainment value. If a movie entertains, then the mediocre acting, humongous plot holes, and low budget really don't matter. Another plus here is the great Louisiana location filming, and an appropriate soundtrack. "Delta Heat" is a winner in the "B'movie sweepstakes. - MERK

It figures that the ONLY person who reviewed this classic and hated it would be from florida. You probably saw it expecting a simple plot with flat humor and the ending spelled out for you eh? Sure the plot is simple but flat humor???Delta Heat is (attention plz) NOT meant to be a serious drama. SHOCK! Granted that the actors playing the 2 local cops couldnt act their way out of a paper bag, but that is EXACTLY how they are meant to be portrayed.. as unsophisticated yokul bumpkins who take themselves way too seriously. Henrickson and Edwards play off each other well enough to keep the movie both funny and interesting. As for the "obvious" latex forbes, have you ever seen someone who had massive third and fourth degree burns after "reconstructive" surgery? okay so he never blinked..big whoop. Maybe it was all the drugs he did in the 60's?If you want a campy, fun cop 'drama' that makes for a good night of pretzels and beer consumption then rent this. If youre looking for serious art or award winning presentation go rent a Bergman film.

I wasn't expecting much more than a B-rated (or less) cop drama. An L.A. cop (Anthony Edwards) gets knee deep in mud and crayfish in New Orleans looking for the drug lord that killed his partner. There, he partners up with one of a former cop (Lance Henriksen) with a hook.This movie was far too long and the story never really picks up. L.A. and Lousinana cop just go about roughing up their leads.There are a few funny moments. While Edwards plays the loose, cocky L.A. Cop, Henriksen is a little like Robert Shaw's charater on Jaws. He's full of witty sarcasm and has his own local way doing things. And there's a running gag of Edwards always messing up his suit.It is also speckled with bad acting from background characters. It might have played out better as a television show.Look for the character, Forbes (after the flashback), the infamous drug lord. For the short while he is in the movie, it is not an actor, but a very obvious latex dummy. Why they just didn't get one of the camera men to get on a grey wig? At least they would have blinked.