Never gets Old!

Rating: 9/10 (29 August 2004)

After seeing this movie for the 10th time in the last 8 years(wow, is this already that old?), I must say that HEAT still is an enjoyable experience due mainly to the presence of 2 of the finest actors in cinematic history! The "heat" has a duality in this movie depicted bth as in the police(the heat) and the power and passion that DeNiro and Pacino have for their respective roles in the movie! I live in LA and am very familiar with the locations and names of streets and freeways..etc..and it is funny how they say places that aren't even connected in real life! But that is probably true of most any fictional movie. Another interesting side point is the real life bank robbery that took place in 1997 in North Hollywood where 2 men dressed in full body armour pulled of the bank hiest much in the same way it was done in this movie. They used similar rifles and body piercing armour. I actually went down to the bank the day after the robbery and checked out all the damage done by the AK-47 rounds that hit buildings, cars and houses all over that neighborhood! Real scary stuff. Talk about the movies affecting real life! Those 2 guys took this movie a little too seriously! But see it for the great dialog and action! 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!