Heat (1995)
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
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This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Heat has some really intense moments, it just takes a long time for them to happen. This film drags on much longer than it should have. It did add a little more to the heist movie genre, though, and it was fun to see DeNiro and Pacino playing off of each other.
Don't mind the running time, Heat will keep you on its ride for the whole movie. De Niro and Pacino sharing the screen for the first time does not disappoint one bit, and the story is smart, engaging and high octane. As of fan of The Dark Knight, I immediately realized why many have pointed to Michael Mann as one of the main influences for Christopher Nolan's masterpiece. Many of the heist scenes are echoed in TDK, which goes to show how effective the scenes are. It is these scenes as well as the investigative scenes from Pacino's character Lt. Hanna that carry the film. The personal life backstories of the main characters are necessary in moving the plot forward and creating an ideological struggle in each person's mind, but they are not what make the film memorable, particularly the angle on Neil, De Niro's character. Yet I will remember Heat mainly by the way it is carried by De Niro and Pacino, two world-class actors who balance and complement each other perfectly throughout the film, even when they don't share screen time. I shouldn't have put off watching this film for as long as I did. If you have Netflix and three hours to spare, do yourself a favor and watch Heat!
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro acting was perfect in this movie. Probably the best movie of heist movies, actually it is the BEST. I would rate this movie over 9000 if I could... *clap clap*
This is one of my favourite movies. The way this is shot by Michael Mann is genius. The shoutout scenes are so far ahead of their time, blows you away! Di Niro and pacino are at the Their best and val Kilmer is excellent too. Amazing film!