Excellent-One of the best films of the 90's

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2000)

I first saw this in the cinema when I was 14 (Yes, I was underage!), and thought it was a decent enough film, if a little long. I didn't see it again until last year, when I was at University. I had forgotten how good this film really is! There are so many things that you miss out on when you watch it for the first time! Pacino and De Niro, quite rightly hyped as the 'two most electrifying actors in America', are both brilliant, as well as Voight and Kilmer. The shootout scene must be one of the most well directed and suspense filled in the history of cinema. It has been knocked for being too long, and I admit it can drag in places, but watching through these has its rewards. All in all a fantastic film, probably the second best film of the 90's after 'Shawshank Redemption'. Michael Mann can take credit for not letting the films hype detract from a throughly engrossing and entertaining film.9/10