Underrated Mann cops and robbers ...with moral dilemmas

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2003)

HEAT (1995) ***1/2 Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Diane Venora, Tom Sizemore, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Jon Voight, Ted Levine, Natalie Portman, Dennis Haysbert, Tom Noonan, William Fichtner, Henry Rollins, Ton Loc, Jeremy Piven. Above average cops and robbers flick with intense cop Pacino on the edge between domestic and career dilemmas and De Niro equally volatile as his nemesis, a brilliant criminal after one last sure thing caper. Excellent cast, waycool cinematography by Dante Spinotti and expert psychological moodiness thanks to writer/director Michael Mann. Only gripe, why only two tiny scenes between these screen icons?