Great Action & Great Flaws (*SPOILERS*)

Rating: Null/10 (16 February 2003)

I really liked Heat, but had to overlook flaws in logic...especially at the end of the movie. (Warning: *Spoilers*)
FLAWS OF LOGIC:
1) Robert De Niro pulls one fire alarm and everyone in the hotel is evacuated? Where does this happen? They even showed a stretcher being taken inside.
2) When Pacino spots De Niro and starts to come toward him, De Niro begins to run away. But De Niro's girlfriend acts sad. We (the movie audience) know the part about him leaving in 30 seconds. But she doesn't. So if she's sad, then the question is: what would she prefer him to do? To kill Pacino (and dozens of other police officers who were on the scene)? I think most girlfriends would want their boyfriend to run rather than to kill police officer(s).
3) Which brings me to the next flaw: how many women would go to New Zealand with a guy under these circumstances: - She's only had a few dates with him - She's very close to her family - She discovers that he lied to her and that he has been a criminal all his life - She discovers he killed a bunch of police officers that day
4) De Niro doesn't pick a better hiding place in the final confrontation with Pacino.
5) Pacino doesn't radio to the rest of his team to help find De Niro. It's just him against De Niro. A great movie ending, but not the way it works in real life.
I gave the movie an "8"