Great movie !!

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2000)

Al pacino, Robert de Niro, Nathalie Portman, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight ... just a few of the names that Heat is rich. With so much high quality acting you should almost automaticly have a good movie. But that's not always the deal. But with heat it IS the deal. Robert de Niro proves that he is indeed the best actor of the 90's, and that Nathalie Portman and Ashley Judd are indeed the promising actresses of tomorrow. Heat is not all about action and robbing banks and such. It's more about the personal lives of the characters. About their family and the relationships between them. Sure the action is great (especially the shootout in the middle of the street) and the camerawork stunning. But what this movie is all about, is the drama... The drama of the characters, about their losses, about their failing relationships and about new ones starting. About really the most important things in live.
Heat is not an action-movie, don't go see it if you're an Schwarzenegger-fan or something. This movie tells a great story of people on the good side, and on the bad side of the law, it tells a story that will not bore you for the 3 hours that it takes.