Violent, but dreamy and mesmerizing

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2002)

Heat is definitely in my top ten favorite movies. While it is imperfect and murky in parts, I gave it nine stars because of what it might have been, and its ambition. I get the feeling that perhaps something went amiss in the editing process, but other than that the movie is perfect. The soundtrack draws you in, until you are drifting in a haze above LA. Heat reminds me in some ways of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner; while BR is darker, the two films share somewhat of the same mood. Best seen on a large screen with surround sound (terrific action sequences, especially the bank robbery).