Film Liquet on Heat

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2018)

McCauley (De Niro) is a mastermind criminal, who plans heists around the Los Angeles area, whilst being tracked down by Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) - a homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. Whilst Vincent is occupied with his job, he is also dealing with his wife cheating on him and his daughter's poor mental health.
Based on a real story of a Chicago detective tracking down an ex-Alcatraz inmate, the story retains many elements that make it more believable and real for the audience, grabbing our attention from the very beginning to the end. Although there were moments where the film went on for a bit too long, considering its' 170 minute run time, as the ending began to unravel, the tension and the drama kept me glued to the screen until the very end.
The Dialogue is complex enough to allow the characters to say what they're thinking, in the well-known diner scene with De Niro and Al Pacino, they just talk about their situation how it is, and they both understand that only one of them is going to survive until the very end. The characters are not trapped within clichÃ©s and the dialogue proves that, showing us that unlike the real world, they are able to tell another person exactly what they feel.