Don't miss it

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2001)

There's not a lot I can say in praise of this movie that hasn't been said before on these pages: It's one of the very best I've ever seen.
Fans of this movie should take a look at Michael Mann's 'LA Takedown', made 6 years earlier. Heat is a scene-for-scene remake of that movie, complete with a nearly identical dialogue (in fact, only the ending is slightly different). The coffee-shop scene is even included, word for word. But it's *amazing* to see the difference that the two lead actors make in the newer version, and to marvel at how far Mann has progressed in 6 years.