One of the best action movies ever

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2002)

WARNING: SPOILER!
I've seen this film many times, and I still love it. Every time in the end I feel like De Niro could actually get away (get in that car!), even though I know Pacino will get him. Vengeance eventually screws up the could-have-been happy ending. After he shoots Waingro it looks like he still could have jumped into the car, Pacino would have shot a few shots after him, and everything would be have been just great on New Zealand. But Niro suspects Eady...that she has talked to the police and that they together arranged the whole thing. That's why he's running out on the field. Too bad. I really feel sorry for Eady, being all alone and left out there in the mess...and I also feel a little sorry for De Niro too. He's so good, everything he does is perfect, he's the hero that mustn't die. His "gang" does every job so smoothly, so perfect, it's impressive. They deserve to win.
De Niro steals the show in my opinion, he's one of the best actors ever. Pacino is also good as the never-sleeping police inspector, and Val Kilmer is always great. Amy Brenneman is very beautiful.
Anyway; one of the best action movies ever made, Michael Mann's best film, and one of my many favorite films.
5 out of 5