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Heat (1995)


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Four and 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R (violence and language)
Length: 172 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, French

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Plot

A dedicated and professional police officer (Pacino) goes head-to-head against a dedicated and professional criminal (De Nero). What more needs to be said?

Pros

I'm not even sure where to start with this. Even the casual movie buff will recognize six of the actors in this movie by name alone and will recognize many more once the movie starts; Pacino, De Nero, Kilmer, Voight, Sizemore, Trejo, Levine, Portman, etc. Though this film was most noted for the fact that it starred both Pacino and De Niro, they only share two scenes together; one of which is a classic. This is a great story with equally great acting.

Cons

This film lasts for almost three hours. There are a few scenes that could have easily been cut, I'm not sure that the movie would have been better if they were. And for a movie of this stature, where are the extras?

Extras

  • Theatrical Trailers

Recommendation

If you're a guy, this is a must have. There are even some scenes for the fairer sex. They have come out with a special edition, I'm not sure if it's worth the double-dip after reading what it includes.

Director

Actors

Amy Brenneman - Eady
Robert De Niro - Neil McCauley
[Angel Heart, Casino, The Deer Hunter, Godfather II, Goodfellas, Men of Honor, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in America, Ronin, The Score, Taxi Driver, Wag the Dog]
William Fichtner - Roger Van Zant
[Armageddon, Black Hawk Down, Equilibrium, The Perfect Storm, Ultraviolet]
Dennis Haysbert - Donald Breedan
[Absolute Power]
Ashley Judd - Charlene Shiherlis
[Double Jeopardy]
Val Kilmer - Chris Shiherlis
[Alexander, Batman Forever, The Ghost and the Darkness, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mindhunters, The Missing, Red Planet, The Saint, Tombstone, Top Gun, Top Secret!, True Romance]
Ted Levine - Bosko
[American Gangster, Evolution, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Memoirs of a Geisha, The Silence of the Lambs]
Tom Noonan - Kelso
[The Astronauts Wife, Manhunter, Robocop 2]
Al Pacino - Lt. Vincent Hanna
[Carlito's Way, City Hall, Donnie Brasco, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Godfather I/II/III, The Insider, Insomnia, The Recruit, Scarface]
Natalie Portman - Lauren Gustafson
[Cold Mountain, Garden State, Léon, Mars Attacks, Star Wars: Episodes I/II/III, V for Vendetta]
Tom Sizemore - Michael Cheritto
[Black Hawk Down, Dreamcatcher, Furnace, Natural Born Killers, Pearl Harbor, Red Planet, Saving Private Ryan, True Romance]
Wes Studi - Detective Casals
[The Last of the Mohicans]
Danny Trejo - Trejo
[Anaconda, Con Air, The Devil's Rejects, From Dusk Till Dawn, Furnace, Halloween (2007), Once Upon a Time in Mexico, xXx]
Diane Venora - Justine Hanna
[The Insider]
Jon Voight - Nate
[Anaconda, Enemy of the State, Laura Croft: Tomb Raider, Mission Impossible, National Treasure, National Treasure 2, U-Turn]
Mykelti Williamson - Sergeant Drucker
[After the Sunset, Con Air, Forrest Gump, Lucky # Slevin, Streets of Fire, Three Kings]

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