When in God's name will we see a special edition DVD?

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2002)

I have voted for this movie before, and besides expressing some confusion for IMDB losing that information I'm tickled pink that I get to vote for it again and give it the perfect "10" it so deserves. Hands down the very best cops and robbers film ever conceived and delivered to the celluloid medium. Think I'm wrong? All you "French Connection" fans can kiss it. "Seven" fans, sorry: I love David Fincher, but Michael Mann hit a homerun here. Pacino and De Niro share the screen together for less than ten minutes, and they are the best ten minutes of the movie. Not that there aren't noteworthy contributions all around (and this is one hell of an ensemble cast), but the two grizzled leads are nothing short of masterful. I won't bore everyone reading this with the 900+ word summary I gave Heat the first time I wrote one, but I will say to those of you reading this who haven't seen it: see this film. It's a little slow to start, takes a while to pick up speed, oh but the payoff... Go rent it now. Or better still, buy the DVD which is usually no more than $14.99 at Best Buy. The only reason to hold out would be a special edition with lots of goodies on a second disc, but until then, believe me it's worth it. You could do a hell of a lot worse.