A movie that warms me up quickly and is a sure-fire masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2007)

One of my top ten favorites,Heat is one of the best crime movies ever made as it has good action-thriller sequences,great writing,directing and a great cast.Directed by Michael Mann,this movie is unforgettable as every time I watch it,I realise how great this movie is as the action sequences are as real as it gets such as when gunshots are fired.Al Pacino stars as Lt Vincent Hanna who is a veteran detective who works in the Robbery-Homicide Division and Robert De Niro who plays Neil McCauley who is a professional thief.Not counting Godfather Part 2 as the two do not share scenes with each other,this is unofficially the first time Hollywood legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have shared screen time with each other.Besides the two legends,the cast also includes Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis who is a compulsive gambler,Tom Sizemore who plays ex-con turned family man Michael Cherrito,Jon Voight as Nate who is McCauley's fence for the stolen bearer bonds and William Fichtner as Roger Van Zant who was the original owner of those bearer bonds.Since this was such a great movie masterpiece,I was shocked that a movie this dramatic was not even nominated for an Academy Award.I cannot wait until the next time Robert De Niro and Al Pacino collaborate in their new movie Righteous Kill.Bravo to all in this finely tuned masterpiece.