A terrific movie

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2010)

Dog Day Afternoon is a great movie created by a great director(Sidney Lumet) and two great actors(Al Pacino,John Cazale) in the leading roles.The movie is about Sonny and his friend Sal's attempt of robing a bank,during the robbery many things happen and many things are being unveiled about Sonny's life but also about some bad things the police is doing without any hesitations.The movie is very intense,with suspense and a breathtaking rhythm.Al Pacino is as always perfect,John Cazale is also superb but the most important,significant yet sad thing is that this movie is based on true events.To cut the long story short,Dog Day Afternoon is a movie that leaves you on the edge of your seat,is very smart,hurls against police and society some very strong(and true) messages,has great actings and direction,and most importantly,is based on true events.