"Hot Day Afternoon" is a dramatic and critical crime film. The male protagonist chooses to rob a bank in order to get his lover to undergo a sex reassignment operation. The robbery shows the various forms of life in the American social environment. The film became a representative film in the 1970s, and it also received good box office results.
"Hot Day Afternoon" is adapted from a real bank robbery, and the filming is very compact and lifelike. Through the small space of the bank, the director shows the robber's personality very well. At the same time, the film cleverly reflects the sense of responsibility and mockery of society from a grassroots hero
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"Hot Day Afternoon" shows the conflict between police, criminals, hostages, media and other groups. Although the main location is only the bank, it has a strong dramatic tension and the script is also very wonderful
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