heat wave and tnt movie about the 1965 watt riot be a far good film than riot and handle many similar theme far more successfully . riot and on the hand do a lot of yak but little be really talk about . in try to say everything about the cause and concern that lead to the l. a. riot and it end up become totally unfocused and rather tedious . this be too important a subject to be give such short shrift and lack of real insight .