Heat

Deserves a higher rating than 82%. This movie is perfection in motion. Great cast, great direction, great music, great dialogue, great cinematography, I could go on and on... Just see it. Just love it. Just watch it over, and over, and over, and over...

Heat has so many iconic scenes, it's impossible. The _"How about I buy you a coffee"_ scene. Two of the biggest stars face-to-face in one shot. Perhaps the best bank robbery to be seen in film with an absolutely unreal shootout. The _"Do we have time for this?"_ scene where Neil's journey goes the wrong way and of course the final _"I told you I'd never go back"_ scene and handshake. **Never gets old.** And I agree, Michael Mann's best film.

I never truly got the fascination with these two actors, and that was after seeing Taxi Driver + The Godfather i&ii, until this film. Brilliant on both ends, which is why the ending was going to shatter my heart regardless of the outcome. And it did.

Michael Mann delivers a very satisfying heist thriller. The main plot is engaging but there were a few sub plots that could of been cut to make this a perfect movie. All the shootouts and heists are incredibly tense and were shot well. De Niro and Pacino both give fantastic performances at the height of their careers. The diner scene with them just talking is one of the best scenes and needs no action to make it tense. Both are fully realised characters and makes it hard to pick which side to root for. A little bit of over acting from Pacino, especially in that scene with Hank Azaria, but I love it.

The shootout scene is as visceral as it gets. The coffee shop scene is as legendary as it gets. The cast is as deep as it gets. Heat is epic on every level, especially in its tragic expression of self-destructive loneliness.

The tension and style of the bank heist scene felt Nolan-esque to the point where my head cannon now believes the Fichtner casting at the beginning of The Dark Knight is a referential acknowledgement to a film that inspired him and the scene.

For me the sun rises and sets with [Heat (1995)], man.

"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

What a delightful rewatch this was! This is Michael Mann's best film. And it always a good sign if a three hour film doesn't feel like three hours right?

Ps. She had a great ass!!

That's cause she's got a.. GRRRREAT ASSSSS...and you've got your head...ALL the way UP IT!!!

CLASSIC!