One of the greatest films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2002)

Michael Mann's Heat is one of the top 10 films ever made. Mann, who has never made a bad movie in his career, made his masterpiece in this slick, ultra-stylish crime epic. Everything about this film is stunning. Al Pacino, in one of his best performances, plays a Los Angeles homicide detective on the trail of a professional thief and his team of experts. Robert De Niro plays the thief, with Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore and Dennis Haysbert as his crew. Jon Voight, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman, William Fichtner and a dozen more familiar character actors put in great performances. Dante Spinotti's cinematography is beautiful, and Mann's direction is flawless.
Heat is a movie that is slowly becoming a classic, and in time it will be regarded as one of the best films of it's kind. An absolutely perfect film.