The Best Way to Spend a Lazy Sunday

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2009)

A film with Academy Award Winners Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Jon Voight and directed by the great Michael Mann it would sound like the ideal movie. However, with "Heat" this is not the case.
"Heat" follows the story of a police officer who is hot on the trail of a bank robber. Al Pacino does a fair job as the police officer and Robert De Niro is OK as the bank robber.
You almost have to wonder where this film went wrong. The answers are obvious. The film is way too long and the story isn't that great. The film dawdles when it spends time on Val Kilmer's character and Robert De Niro's relationship with his girlfriend . Also Al Pacino does his normal shtick, where he delivers all his lines to the far right side of the screen while intensely chewing a piece of gum.
Despite these flaws "Heat" does have some pretty bad-ass moments. Such as the perfectly executed scene with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino talking in a roadside diner (one of the very few times they are on screen together).
All-in-all "Heat" is a movie that has its flaws. But it is a great way to kill off a lazy Sunday afternoon. "Heat" gets a C.