A Major Disappointment

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Heat has some really intense moments, it just takes a long time for them to happen. This film drags on much longer than it should have. It did add a little more to the heist movie genre, though, and it was fun to see DeNiro and Pacino playing off of each other.

The film is very unengaging. Frankly I wouldn't have cared if the entired cast had died/ gone to prison/ anything else, really. It felt like it lasted forever. Relationships between the characters were unreal. No idea how this has such a high rating. No idea at all.

Michael Mann's Heat brings together both De Niro and Pacino. As if this in itself wasn't enough to warrant a watch it contains some of the finest gun shootouts ever committed to film. The bank robbery scene inspired a real robbery and even the opener of The Dark Knight(as confirmed by Nolan). This is Michael Mans's Los Angeles- incredibly stylish full of thieves and mules wearing suits and ray bans. The film's status has only grown with time and it represents the apogee of action films, in my opinion. Although overlong the pacing is excellent and you can't help but be engrossed. Watch it for Michael Mann- one of the most underrated filmmakers out there.

This is one of my favourite movies. The way this is shot by Michael Mann is genius. The shoutout scenes are so far ahead of their time, blows you away! Di Niro and pacino are at the Their best and val Kilmer is excellent too. Amazing film!