Al Pacino, Jon Voight, Robert De Niro
Neil McCauley is a hardened professional criminal who has spent many years behind bars and is determined never to go back. A highly focused loner, McCauley's protection is that there's nothing in his ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999
Stats: 12,068 reviews
Other directors would have probably shot this movie under 3 hours, but not Michael Mann. He decided to give his characters, even his bad guys, depth, which makes a few of the villains not even so bad and a few goodies not entirely shiny anymore. Their all humans, and it's a pleas...( read more)
A great film in which we see Pacino and De Niro first act opposite each other (almost. it's quite dark). A scene movie fans had been waiting a long time for, which was ultimately a little disappointing. It's still a good film though, although I prefer the original, LA Takedown.
Much like Miami Vice this film was rather dull for the whole run time EXCEPT for the gun shoot out in the street between all cast members, that sequence is truely fantastic and one of the best action sequences made.
Kilmer, Sizemore and De Niro in sweet looking hockey masks vs. P...( read more)
Mann directs one of the best shoot-outs in the history of cinema and guides an outstanding supporting cast (remember when Val Kilmer was this good?) through an intricate crime plot. But the showstopper is simply two major screen actors ? Al Pacino, Robert De Niro ? facing off ove...( read more)
Michael Mann's sweeping crime thriller.
The tale of two men at opposite spectrums of the law, but both united by their professional approach to each new undertaking.
Oh, there's also one of the greatest cinematic shootouts ever (quite possibly THE greatest).
Highly re...( read more)
I love this movie. Heat is an excellent example of a director making a movie with no one standing in his way. It's a thrilling 3 hour journey, with amazing performances from Pacino, Deniro and Kilmer, awesome cinematography and dialogue, and countless memorable moments. Heat is s...( read more)
I love this too because Al Pacino and the story of the tief was moving too and this special relation between Al and de Niro
Way too long. The divorced parents/troubled kid bits felt wrong. But there's guns! I'd have given it 5 stars had Pacino and De Niro had a kung fu fight to settle everything at the end, complete with campy '70s sound effects.
Michael Mann's writing and direction elevate this material. It's not just an action picture. full review
(1995 Director: Michael Mann)! Ashley Judd? Didn't recognize her here! Val Kilmer? Top criminal mastermind McCauley (De Niro) faces off with Homicide Detective (Al Pacino) after pulling off the perfect crime......Director Michael Mann has created about the best suspense crime drama ever in HEAT.
Seeing this movie for maybe the 3rd time tonight (on network TV..no Ion) I still could not leave it......except to simultaneously begin an online chat with my Honeypie! Still, the emotions this crime drama stirs me each time I watch it, gripping my attention & holding it right up until the suspenseful end. There are HUMAN criminals.... quite real, easy to LIKE!
The supporting cast? Jon Voigt who makes their crimes possible, researching all the little details....
On deciding on whether or not to join the NEXT heist (a bank robbery), his ex-con pal (Tommy Sizemore) says,"You know, for me, action is the juice! I'm in."
The quintessential character driven story. Probably De Niros best film. And an exquisite soundtrack to boot! Steve Roach is a master of ambience & mood music!
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