classic in its own time

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 1998)

HEAT is the bomb. Although Pacino's and DeNiro's faces have never been in the same frame together before (NOT even in the cafe scene) this movie is perfect. A little long, but perfect. The opposition of these two main characters is ingenious. Everyone who thought DeNiro was going to get away was sorely mistaken, that's his major character flaw. He wanted to tie everything up, leave nothing undone, and gets killed because of it. A classic character flaw that reminds me of several novels. This movie has to be one of my favorites of all time...