Pacino vs. De Niro

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2005)

There's one reason (among some others) to watch "Heat": it is the only movie in which you'll have the opportunity of witnessing a scene with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together (they both were in Godfather Part II, but they didn't run into each other in any of the scenes). That's hot enough! But there's more: there's Michael Mann, who's an almost 100% reliable director, we got big sophisticated hold-ups (I love those!), we got action, tension, rhythm, and a well-cared production.
Along with De Niro and Pacino there they are Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer (pretty sober, what's not usual in him), Ashley Judd, and a nice secondary cast.
One of the best detectives-action movies from the 90's, and one of the last good movies in which De Niro took part before he began to get his curriculum vitae full of trash.
PD: I would've preferred a different ending.
*My rate: 8/10