Possibly the best Crime Thriller movie ever made...

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2015)

This movie sits firmly on my top 10 movies of all time, for several key reasons.
It features 2 of the best actors ever to have walked on this planet, and is a worthy "sequel" to their previous on-screen performance from the Godfather 2.
It manages to brilliantly captivate the viewer and give great depth to almost every character even if they are minor.
The dialog is simply sharp and highly intelligent, especially the scenes between Pacino (Vincent) and his wife Justine. De Niro (Neil) gives his best performance on screen ever seen. Val Kilmer is also dark and mysterious, yet surprisingly calm and composed.
This is not a fast paced action flick that's all about gun fights and explosions. It takes its time to build the atmosphere, lays the ground, the action scenes are calculated and well thought, the soundtrack is brilliant, it features some great psychological moments of suspense that keep you on the edge of your seat, particularly the scene where Vincent and Neil meet face to face and the great ending of course.
While the movie is about crime at its heart, it also has strong characteristics of excellent drama and manages to surprise with it's outstanding dialog, you get to dig a little deeper into the characters and get involved in their personal life in a way that's different than most other movies, it's quite hard to explain and needs to be experienced as you watch. And while it's well known who the criminals are, the script invests so much time into building and developing the characters in such a way that you as the viewer will have a hard time figuring out who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, emotionally speaking of course.
While significantly more modern, Heat sits right up there with great crime titles like The Godfather, The Usual Suspects & Goodfellas and in my opinion may well be the best Crime Thriller movie ever made.
In summary, this is a must watch.
10/10