Feel the Heat

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2017)

Heat is the pressure from the cops and of course of getting caught. If you live a simple honest life, the only heat you will get is from your oven or the sun. If a criminal, it never goes away thus this movie of professional take-down thieves who as Pacino (the cop) puts it will rock and roll on a dime. Most excellent entertainment for those that have to have their get a way heist, crime thriller tense drama flick fix. All the great actors strutting what they do best with a subject no less intriguing i.e. ill gotten gains. Once you start down this path of easy money, a rule of the Universe kicks in. Whatever you get into gets into you! Its like the old lays potato chip commercial where a guy pulls out of the Lays bag a perfect good-sized chip and says "I bet you can't eat just one". Same with crime or anything illegal or that we shouldn't do or have. Once you engage it, it engages too. Lots of human nature at work in this movie and it is true to life too. One interesting dynamic is the "greed" gene. When is enough well enough? The old we will never get caught or just one more never holds true. The funny thing about lying, cheating and stealing is that it works until you get caught. Getting caught ruins everything! LOL This is the type of movie you want for your DVD collection and it has so many memorable scenes that you don't tire from watching it. Another dynamic that visits with the viewer is the point made via hindsight in this movie. Both the characters and viewers see what could have done and should have been done but wasn't. The question remains as to why people don't listen to hindsight which is a clear convincing message as to how we did not know in the moment what we do. The real question is why don't we? Ponder that! Great movie to eat a meal with a tasty drink and a nice snack. Popcorn or sunflower or pumpkin seeds will do nicely to keep the fingers busy and the adrenaline under control. Now why doesn't Hollywood figure out by now as to what works and what doesn't? Enough talk! Feel the HEAT...now