Synopsis:
Neil McCauley is a thief... an expert
thief... one of the best. His philosophy in life - become attached to nothing in
life that you can't walk away from in 30 seconds if you spot the "Heat" around
the corner. His crew of criminals is a high-tech outfit pulling off professional
jobs that impress even the likes of Detective Vincent Hanna. But Hanna, a man
driven through life only by his work, becomes obsessed, at the expense of his
private life, with bringing McCauley down. As McCauley's crew prepare for the
score of a lifetime, and Hanna's team tries to bring him in, the two find that
they are challenged by the greatest minds on the opposite side of the law that
either one has ever encountered.
Brian's Rating: A+ :
If you throw a bunch of big name actors together, sometimes you get
junk like Oceans 12. Sometimes you get gems like Heat. This is my favorite
cops and robbers movie ever made. It pits Al Pacino against Robert De Niro in
an epic contest between a mastermind robber verses a highly driven cop.
The movie has sort of an interesting pattern in that both the lead cop, and the
lead robber are protagonists in the plot. As a viewer you have a strong
connection to both of them, and you grow to both understand and respect both of
them. More than that, they grow to respect each other, and have an odd sort of
kinship.
The movie is entirely summarized in a scene about halfway through where Vincent
(Pacino--the lead cop) tracks down Niel (De Niro) and invites him to coffee.
The conversation they have sums up the movie perfectly.
I like this movie on many levels. I have watched it many times, and each time I
find something else to appreciate. The recent award winning movie, "Departed",
stole some of its style from "Heat", but "Heat" does it better.
If you have not seen this movie, you are sorely missing out. You would be hard
pressed to find a better movie for the genre.
Sebastian's Rating: A : I agree with brian, this movie is probably the
best coppers and robbers movie, and the ending scene was done pretty awsomely.
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