Re: rinkenl "About HEAT "The storyline is absolutely not credible"

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2004)

Mann (the force behind Heat) talked to a cop, Chuck Adamson, who had a real life meeting with the real life Neil McCauley in 1963 just before Neil McCauley was shot to death 6 times by Chuck Adamson. They had a meeting over coffee, the works.
Also, the inspiration for the Character Vincent Hanna was modeled after a real life obsessed law enforcement officer that busts drug cartels.
The shootout was designed by consulting several people who have been in real shootouts.
The events are plausible more than any other crime portrayal by Hollywood. No one says they are plans for how to rob armored cars or branch banks on payroll days, but let's get real, that is the most realistic shootout ever, the main characters were based on real people - this cemented forever as a top 5 cops and robbers movie of all time.