"One Of The Best Films of the 90's"

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2004)

This is probably Michael Mann's best film. He wants us to care about these two characters, we feel sorry for these characters. Mann directs us into the minds of these killers. Like "The Insider", the film is about not really ordinary people, but when you look at the world they live in, they seem more ordinary than us.
"Ali", "Colateral", "Heat", "Manhunter", the characters that have to go threw these trials and tribulations, their lives are threaten, their families are even threaten. "Ali" was not his best film, but you get the same feeling about what he has to go threw to achieve his mission, that's the same feeling you get in "The Insider" and "Heat." The characters are pushed to their limits, to the point of insanity.
THE ACTORS
Al Pacino does his best over acting ever. He yells, he screams, he cries, he even throws things, but there are times when he is silent and that is him at his best, when he is silent. Robert De niro really doesn't do anything, but here's the tricky part, he's really the whole film, his character is quiet, has hidden rage, he love his work, he is also in love, but like he said, "I don't really want to do anything else." That's pretty sad coming from a guy who can't spend the rest of his life with the woman he loves.
This film is awesome, a true epic of its time. A masterpiece. Wholly original. I give this film ****(out of 4 stars).