A film masterpiece!

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2008)

This film brought the Godfathers of Hollywood (if you excuse the pun) to bring you Heat, one of the greatest crime thrillers to hit the big screen. The overall plot is mesmerising, due to the fact that you experience the lives on persons on both sides of the law that are thrown together to take you on an incredible ride through the world of bank heists and shoot outs. You have Pacino as Vincent Hanna, the sharp and volatile cop investigating a line of heists. The thieves responsible for these heists are De Niro, as Neil McCauley, the smooth and mysterious mastermind, and his right hand men Kilmer and Sizemore. Despite the great ensemble of cast, Pacino and De Niro steal the show by both delivering unforgettable lines and action scenes. The beauty of this cast ensemble is that neither one of them out staged one another, as if one delivered one good line the other would just hit the other back with an equally good line. The scene within the diner is a truly classic scene, where you see Pacino and De Niro just talk, no yelling or physical movement, yet each line they deliver electrifies the scene.
Other than Pacino and De Niro, the film also consists of a thrilling shoot out, keeping you on the edge of your seat by the sound of every gun shot.
No doubt about it, Mann is a genius, and this is his masterpiece!