Utterly fabulous

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2004)

SPOILER ALERT((( Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the same movie, do I have to say more? It's already doomed to be great. Well, add Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight and Ashley Judd to the cast, well, it certainly doesn't make the odds any worse! HEAT is a brilliant story about two pretty much alike men working at the opposite side of the law. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) being a policeman and has a troubled step-daughter and a wife irritated on him cause never being there. The other fellow is Neil Mc? (De Niro), he's a professional rock'n'roll thief, he, without a woman. When Hanna sets out to hunt these guys down they have to handle their privat lives and work while doing their jobs. But De Niro's got a theory - that you never shall band to something you can't leave inside 30 seconds when you feel the heat around the corner.
Michael Mann's number one masterpiece will always stand as one of the greatest and most epic action movies ever made. The amazing performances, the brilliant dialog, everything fits so extremely well that you don't know what to do! And watching De Niro and Pacino in this movie is simply stunning, it's one of the best chemistries ever blistered on the screen. HEAT captures defining moments scene after scene, the brilliant emotional part and the brilliant dialogs. Well, and there's a shoot-off in there that takes the breath from about everybody. It's a masterwork movie that maybe seems average for about the first 3 seconds, but soon you'll understand that this is everything else than the average movie. And who you shall cheer on? It's a tough choice, De Niro or Pacino? I don't know! De Niro and Pacino is tough as rocks, both very focused on their jobs and both very worried about their lives. Pacino being sarcastic, being ice cold, being smart and I really must say; this is Pacino's only challenger to THE GODFATHER. STARS: 5/5