absolutely magnificent!

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2005)

one of my favorite cop movies of all time, gritting, powerful and intense! robert de niro and al pacino tie together a fantastic cast of cops and robbers, with one of the most anticipated battles climaxing at the end of this epic film. it runs quite long, but it's okay as you get sucked into the magic of this realistically charged suspense/action/thriller/drama about the life and times of LA cops and high end LA thiefs. while de niro's performance was not quite as spectacular as that of pacino's, this movie worked on so many levels and with time became a sleeper hit during a big time for the box office industry. if it were to come out today, i'd still be first in line to see it, because it was an instant classic, and another excellent feature from michael mann.