Overview
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.
Ah, they don’t make them like this anymore. I LOVED this film. At the heart of the movie is De Niro vs. Pacino. Bad guy vs. good guy. But it isn’t a cliched mess that so many of their recent films have become. While this is technically a crime drama, you really don’t get the feel that it is about crime. The themes in the movie (men vs. women and the symbiotic relationship between cops and robbers) really give the movie a unique flavor that we would later see in The Sopranos, The Wire, etc. The director took great care to develop the characters so that you had a real feel for who they were. What is sad is that many viewers will say that the movie is a little slow and that it needed more action. Unfortunately, those are the movies that we get these days. My other favorite part of this film is that you saw Pacino and De Niro at the height of their powers before they started their slide into the caricatures that they have become. I forgot just how much I enjoyed each actor when they were at their best. In this movie, they were.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Heat
Movie title: Heat
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2009-11-12
Director(s): Michael Mann
Actor(s): Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Natalie Portman, Ted Levine, Tom Noonan, Tone Loc, Hank Azaria, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, William Fichtner, Kevin Gage, Susan Traylor, Jerry Trimble, Ricky Harris, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Begonya Plaza, Rick Avery, Hazelle Goodman, Ray Buktenica, Max Daniels, Vince Deadrick Jr., Steven Ford, Farrah Forke, Patricia Healy, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Brian Libby, Dan Martin, Mario Roberts, Thomas Rosales, Jr., Yvonne Zima, Mick Gould, Bud Cort, Viviane Vives, Kim Staunton, Martin Ferrero, Brad Baldridge, Andrew Camuccio, Kenny Endoso, Kimberly Flynn, Niki Harris, Bill McIntosh, Rick Marzan, Terry Miller, Daniel O'Haco, Kai Soremekun, Peter Blackwell, Trevor Coppola, Mary Kircher, Darin Mangan, Robert Miranda, Manny Perry, Iva Franks Singer, Tim Werner, Philip Ettington
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
My Review
Ah, they don’t make them like this anymore. I LOVED this film. At the heart of the movie is De Niro vs. Pacino. Bad guy vs. good guy. But it isn’t a cliched mess that so many of their recent films have become. While this is technically a crime drama, you really don’t get the feel that it is about crime. The themes in the movie (men vs. women and the symbiotic relationship between cops and robbers) really give the movie a unique flavor that we would later see in The Sopranos, The Wire, etc. The director took great care to develop the characters so that you had a real feel for who they were. What is sad is that many viewers will say that the movie is a little slow and that it needed more action. Unfortunately, those are the movies that we get these days. My other favorite part of this film is that you saw Pacino and De Niro at the height of their powers before they started their slide into the caricatures that they have become. I forgot just how much I enjoyed each actor when they were at their best. In this movie, they were.
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My Review - 9.25/10
9.25/10