Heat, One awesome thrill ride!

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2014)

Heat(1995) is a thrilling action packed evolution of a classic cops and robbers movie. Heats fast tempo story line evolves as we come to know Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), a relentless cop who places his job before all else, juggle the end of his third marriage with Justine Hanna (Diane Venora) while tracking down a crew of professional thieves. This crew of thieves is more than just your ordinary bunch of thugs. Lead by Neal McCauley (Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore) this crew takes big risk big reward scores. Heat portrays the classic moral of crime doesn't pay, while the drama of the hunter stalking his prey sucks us in. Lt Hanna fist gets involved when an armored car heist gets out of control leaving three dead guards. During his relentless commitment to find the guards killer(s) we witness Lt Hanna's loosing struggle with balancing personal and professional life. His wife and step daughters desperation for his love unfold in a series of progressive cries for attention. Lt Hanna is the stereotypical cop we love, due to Pacino's compelling performance. While Hanna's personal life falls apart McCauley's life is headed for a new start. Middle aged McCauley falls in love with a lonely and genuine Eady (Amy Brenneman). As we are introduced to McCauley we fall in love with the iconic professional thief. McCauley makes the call to take one last big risk and walk away with his new love. But there is one last obstacle between him and retirement. Heats dose an excellent job of capturing interment relations and action packed scenes through the use of a extreme changes in tempo. It captures slow suspense building using dark down lit scenes and contrasts with well shot wild action that keeps us on the edge of our seats. We are intrigued by the unraveling of human relations and the series of reactions as they reverberate throughout the story. In the end Heat climaxes with an incredible shootout where hunter and prey clash in epic proportions. And the ensuing action leaves us wondering who we love more, cop or robber.