"Heat" makes me feel like I am Robert de Niro AND Al Pacino. You just cant beat that feeling!

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2019)

"Heat" makes me feel I am Robert de Niro for a minute. It gives me an instant of illusion that I could be Al Pacino as well. I can be a hero for a minute: cool, calm and collected.Isnt that the greatest thrill!
What is it that makes "Heat" especially stand out above all the other gangster flicks? In short: the true to life depiction of heists and gun fights. They are truly riveting, like I havent seen the equal of over the last decades. I would dare to say, that "Heat" has one of the ultimate gun fights ever recorded on the silver screen. It is filmed in a way that gives me the impression that I was there, right smack in the middle of it, because the PHOTOGRAPHY IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!
But the acting performances by Al Pacino and Robert de Niro are ofcourse the real reason why everybody wants to see this movie. They both act truly magnificent! "Heat" will be looked upon in movie history as THE ultimate "battle" between Robert de Niro and Al Pacino, because these 2 legends had never acted together before in 1995.
The story in short: Detective Al Pacino is trying to catch gangster Robert de Niro for a big crime he is about to commit. Both detective and gangster are lone souls, destined to loneliness forever, only to find solace in the company of each other, however hard they try to destroy each other as well. That is the bitter irony of this story.
Almost clocking at 3 hours, this thriller is a contineously fueled adrenaline shot. Director Michael Mann's best work. Worthy of many rewatches, because this movie still stands strong, decades after having been made. Terrific music score as well and I mean really haunting and mesmirising music, often conjuring up ambiances which truly lift this movie up to an even higher level. One of the best gangster classics in American cinema!