If you can't stand the Heat

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2004)

Then you're crazy. I guarantee you in the last part of the movie (you will know which part when you watch it) will have you yelling at the screen "No, no, no, no what the HELL are you doing?!?! WTF! WTF!" I enjoyed every minute but two things that DeNiro's character does at the end are inexplicably out of character for his character and there is no denying it. This guy is a master thief and killer he wouldn't have done what he did under any circumstances he was far too clever and the movie went to great lengths to point that out to its audience. If you are an avid movie watcher you will know immediately what I'm talking about. One of the things this movie does well like Collateral and The Professional is bring out the humanity in the characters both good sides and bad sides at the same time. You emphasize for Neil just as you don't feel anything for Vincent and want him to lose. The cast of this movie will blow your mind there are more big name actors here than Planet Hollywood ever had walk through its doors. They do an astoundingly good job. I was teed off at both of the main women characters throughout the whole damn show til right at the close because one was a insufferable pathetic nag and other was a self-centered greedy bitch and that is what they were supposed to be so they did just fine. And the shootout is tremendous it's like Vietnam in downtown Los Angeles. I'm not gonna throw any spoilers out but all I can tell you is that in real life this movie would have ended much much differently and it wouldn't have been an ending that would make Hollywood execs jump outta their seats and applaud. That last ten minutes has you in so much suspense you can barely breathe it almost kills you. You can practically smell the gunpowder. A great crime drama and worthy of just praise. It should have gotten even more attention that it received it's destined for classic status. Five out of five stars.