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(- 1995 -)

Original Title Heat Director Michael Mann Genre Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama Released 1995-12-15 MPAA Rating Rated R for violence and language. Rated 7.8

Plot Summary

Neil McCauley is a thief... an expert thief... one of the best. His philosophy in life - become attached to nothing in life that you can't walk away from if the "Heat" is on. His crew of criminals is a high-tech outfit pulling off professional jobs that impress even the likes of Detective Vincent Hanna. But Hanna, a man driven through life only by his work, becomes obsessed, at the expense of his private life, with bringing McCauley down. As McCauley's crew prepare for the score of a lifetime, and Hanna's team tries to bring him in, the two find that they are challenged by the greatest minds on the opposite side of the law that either one has ever encountered.

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Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna , Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley , Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis , Jon Voight as Nate , Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto , Diane Venora as Justine Hanna , Amy Brenneman as Eady , Ashley Judd as Charlene Shiherlis , Mykelti Williamson as Sergeant Drucker , Wes Studi as Detective Casals , Ted Levine as Bosko , Dennis Haysbert as Donald Breedan , William Fichtner as Roger Van Zant , Natalie Portman as Lauren Gustafson , Tom Noonan as Kelso

IMDB User Comments

Captivating Micheal Manns'(director of 'The Insider', and 'Manhunter') smooth, straightforward direction is studded with brilliant and very memorable cinematic gems in 'Heat', A bullet riddled drama with, yes , Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in their first on screen meeting. What do you want to hear about 'Heat'. Is it DeNiro's best performance? No. Is it Pacino's best performance? I'd be lying if I said it was. Do the performances improve the story? Absolutely. Mann has written (he wrote it as well) a complex and exciting two-sided story that develops the hunter Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and the hunted Neil McCauley (De Niro) separately throughout much of the film. Underneath a hail of bullets Mann is able to paint both lead characters with the same brush by delving into the similarly tragic and chaotic personal lives of Hanna and McCauley, allowing for the final epic scene, which would have been too pretentious if it were not for the excellent performances of Pacino and De Niro. Bottom Line: Not having seen this movie is akin to idiocy for anyone claiming to be a fan of movies. 9 out of 10

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