The Last of the Finest, also released as Blue Heat, is a 1990 American crime action film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, and Bill Paxton[2] The film opens at Canyon Park where LAPD narcotics Detective Lieu.

Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy) is coaching fellow unit members Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Paxton) during a flag football game.

After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Henry Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust.

During the raid, trafficker Anthony Reece (Michael C. Gwynne) and his main henchman torch the money earned during the deal, setting the whole plant on fire.

Reece and his henchman drive up to a diplomatic retreat in the mountains to inform their boss, R.J. Norringer (Guy Boyd), about the fate of the money.

The team use their free time during their suspension to make good on their promise to install a septic tank at Canyon Park.

They visit Daly's retired former partner Tommy Grogan (John Finnegan), who reads Reece and Norringer's lips to determine that there is a major deal going down the next night.

At Norringer's warehouse, the team realizes that the drug sales are used to finance weapons purchases on behalf of Central American rebels.

Daly confronts Torres about Grogan, and he confesses to his involvement in the scheme, explaining that he just does not care anymore about right and wrong.

Daly is back in uniform, and the camera lingers on a TV where Norringer's handler, a corrupt presidential aide, denies involvement in the scheme while expressing support for the rebels.