stylish action meets intelligent script and textured characters

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2005)

Heat is not just a film about good vs evil. It is so much more than that, anything else would be an insult to the viewer. The lines are blurred here, yet the course laid out in front of the viewer is crystal clear. We know a showdown is imminent, but it's the journey through the various sub plots of this film that make it worth the almost 3 hour length. Some have criticized the ending as being anti-climatic, or a sell out. I couldn't disagree more. I believe that was the point of the ending, to tie together the main theme of the plot. The characters live up to there billing throughout the film, including it's ending. 10/10 for one of the best movies of it's genre ever made.