Heat

Heat
by Michael Mann

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Actor: Al Pacino, Jon Voight, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer
Director: Michael Mann
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Michael Mann
Writer: Michael Mann
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: Art Linson
Producer: Gusmano Cesaretti
Producer: Kathleen M. Shea
Producer: Pieter Jan Brugge
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 171 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of Heat

DVD Review: Great thriller
Summary: 5 Stars

Loved the cast. Another De Niro movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Action, suspense a little romance and lots of action. A definite A+ Movie.

DVD Review: Action packed!!
Summary: 5 Stars

The very best of Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro, two of my favorite actors.
This movie will keep you at the edge of your sofa. You'll need to hook up the surround sound to get the true effect of the gun fight scene which goes on for a good ten minutes or longer. A most memorable performance by Bob DeNiro, a true genius at his craft. A must have in your collection.

DVD Review: Extreme Borefest
Summary: 1 Stars

I am a huge fan of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. I had heard nothing but great reviews about this film.

There are so many characters to keep track of and seemingly so many different stories going on aside from the main story that I wish I had a pad and paper to keep track of it all.

A seasoned criminal who becomes lonely and tries to find love. A cop who can't devote enough time to his wife as she would like. A recently released ex-con who doesn't like his job at a diner. That ex-con's woman who tries to keep him motivated. A daughter who has a hissy-fit because she can't find a pair of hair clippers that match her outfit. The list goes on and on. Too many side stories that pointlessly make this film an hour or more longer then it needed to be.

A classic example of how an all-star cast does not guarantee an all-star film.

DVD Review: Duel Of The Titans, At Last!
Summary: 5 Stars

For the first time we get to witness the two finest actors in cinematic history in the same exact film. Even though both Pacino and De Niro had stared in the same film, Godfather Part 2, they were never in the same scenes. Here in Michael Mann's Electrifying Film "Heat" we get the honor of having them both together...though only for 10 min. Still there is so much more to the movie that will want you to revisit this film again and again.

In Heat Pacino plays a cop, one that is so devoted to his work, that he barely has time for his wife and stepdaughter. The issue between his family is so grave that it's sinking him personally. To make matters worse, a professional thief (De Niro) has established a team to steal bearer bonds from a bank, and re sell them at a certain percentage, promising the bank that they will have a high investment. Pacino's character is so into this thief that he will do the impossible to take him down. But wait, there is more, De Niro will prepare a smart maneuver to prepare what to me is the best heist in a movie.

Heat is magnificently directed by Michael Mann, this is by far his best movie. the cinematography is so realistic and in your face. The action is choreographed and presented with out any flaws whatsoever. The Plot is crafted intelligently and by the book, with slick dialogue and clever editing.

Unfortunately Heat is not without flaws, the movie has a double edge sword. The movie's pace can be at times very slow. I sometimes was eagerly awaiting for something to blow up...still that is what makes the picture so amazing, the pace...you need to listen and pay attention to the lines...its written so you can re-view the film and appreciate it more. The best part aside from the heist is the meeting between Pacino and De Niro at a restaurant. The dialogue is so well written. The best line by Pacino is "if I'm there and I gotta put you away, I won't like it. But I tell you, if it's between you and some poor bastard whose wife you're gonna turn into a widow, brother, you are going down."

This is definitely a movie to own by all means. The only thing I advice is to pay attention and to have patience with it. It can be slow, but the action is sure there, and it delivers, to the max.

MY PERSONAL RATING: 5 OUT OF 5

DVD Review: Heat review
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is quite simply in the top 5 of the best all time movies in my opinion.

Description of Heat

An L.A. cop (Al Pacino) becomes fixated on a deadly thief (Robert Dinero) and his crew ( Val Kilmer & Jon Voight) who are taking Los Angeles to the cleaners. This movie includes one of the most spectacular shoot outs in film history as Dinero and Kilmer rip through downtown Los Angeles with both guns blazing.

Having developed his skill as a master of contemporary crime drama, writer-director Michael Mann displayed every aspect of that mastery in this intelligent, character-driven thriller from 1995, which also marked the first onscreen pairing of Robert De?Niro and Al Pacino. The two great actors had played father and son in the separate time periods of The Godfather, Part?II, but this was the first film in which the pair appeared together, and although their only scene together is brief, it's the riveting fulcrum of this high-tech cops-and-robbers scenario. De?Niro plays a master thief with highly skilled partners (Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) whose latest heist draws the attention of Pacino, playing a seasoned Los Angeles detective whose investigation reveals that cop and criminal lead similar lives. Both are so devoted to their professions that their personal lives are a disaster. Pacino's with a wife (Diane Venora) who cheats to avoid the reality of their desolate marriage; De?Niro pays the price for a life with no outside connections; and Kilmer's wife (Ashley Judd) has all but given up hope that her husband will quit his criminal career. These are men obsessed, and as De?Niro and Pacino know, they'll both do whatever's necessary to bring the other down. Mann's brilliant screenplay explores these personal obsessions and sacrifices with absorbing insight, and the tension mounts with some of the most riveting action sequences ever filmed--most notably a daylight siege that turns downtown Los Angeles into a virtual war zone of automatic gunfire. At nearly three hours, the film qualifies as a kind of intimate epic, certain to leave some viewers impatiently waiting for more action, but it's all part of Mann's compelling strategy. Heat is a true rarity: a crime thriller with equal measures of intense excitement and dramatic depth, giving De?Niro and Pacino a prime showcase for their finely matched talents. --Jeff Shannon

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