Heat (1995)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 8
Though Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share but a handful of screen minutes together, Heat is an engrossing crime drama that draws compelling performances from its stars -- and confirms Michael Mann's mastery of the genre.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 3
Though Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share but a handful of screen minutes together, Heat is an engrossing crime drama that draws compelling performances from its stars -- and confirms Michael Mann's mastery of the genre.
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A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs, such as banks and armored cars. He's very good at what he does; he's bright, methodical, and has honed his skills as a thief at the expense of his personal life, vowing never to get involved in a
Dec 15, 1995 Wide
Jul 27, 1999
Warner Bros.
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Cast
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Al Pacino
Vincent Hanna -
Robert De Niro
Neil McCauley -
Val Kilmer
Chris Shiherlis -
Jon Voight
Nate -
Tom Sizemore
Michael Cheritto -
Diane Venora
Justine -
Amy Brenneman
Eady -
Ashley Judd
Charlene -
Mykelti Williamson
Det. Drucker -
Ted Levine
Bosko -
Wes Studi
Det. Casals -
Danny Trejo
Trejo -
Tom Noonan
Kelso -
Dennis Haysbert
Breedan -
William Fichtner
Van Zant -
Hank Azaria
Alan Marciano -
Kevin Gage
Waingro -
Natalie Portman
Lauren -
Tone-Loc
Richard Torena -
Bud Cort
Solenko -
Xander Berkeley
Ralph -
Ray Buktenica
Timmons -
Martin Ferrero
Construction Clerk -
Kimberly Flynn
Casals' Date -
Hazelle Goodman
Hooker's Mother -
Niki Harris
Marcia Drucker -
Patricia Healy
Bosko's Date -
Paul Herman
Sergeant Heinz -
Brian Libby
Captain Jackson -
Dan Martin
Harry Dieter -
Rick Marzan
Basketball Player -
Terry Miller
Children's Hospital Nur... -
Daniel O'Haco
Detective -
Jeremy Piven
Dr. Bob -
Begonia Plaza
Anna Trejo -
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Armoured Truck Driver -
Kai Soremekun
Prostitute -
Kim Staunton
Lillian -
Susan Traylor
Elaine Cheritto -
Jerry Trimble
Schwartz -
Rick Avery
Armoured Guard -
Kenny Endoso
Bartender -
Steven Ford
Officer Bruce -
Henry Rollins
Hugh Benny -
Bill McIntosh
Armoured Guard -
Farrah Forke
Claudia -
Mario Roberts
Bank Guard
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All Critics (59) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (10) | DVD (40)
Heat occupies an exalted position among the countless contemporary crime films.
Top CriticRobert De Niro's last great role before he devoted himself to self-parody.
This is simply the best American crime movie -- and indeed, one of the finest movies, period -- in over a decade.
As Heat progresses, its sensational looks pale beside storytelling weaknesses that expose the more soulless aspects of this cat-and-mouse crime tale.
Michael Mann and a superlative cast have taken a classic heist movie rife with familiar genre elements and turned it into a sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving.
Heat generates lots of energy but gives off little light.
The conversation in Heat is one of the most perfectly executed and eloquently intertextual moments in the history of American Cinema.
A stealth epic, framing an urban jungle and making its own kind of contemporary history by pairing acting giants Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino in what has arguably become the preminent cops-and-robbers movie. [Blu-ray]
Quite rightly, this confirmed Mann as one of Hollywood's smartest, most stylish and emotionally articulate directors.
One of the best cops-and-robbers crime dramas ever made gets even better in this excellent Blu-ray high-definition transfer. (Blu-ray Edition)
I have always wondered if Pacino and De Niro flipped a coin before the movie began shooting to see which of them would play which part?
A slow-moving, overburdened, well-meant and at times quite entertaining slog.
The director's signature sleek and romantic aesthetic is reason enough to take a seat for this operatic three-hour marathon.
Fascinante por se concentrar em dois homens que, obcecados por suas profissões, acabam dependendo um do outro justamente por não saberem fazer outra coisa.
I admire Mann's emotional commitment and his sense of style, but it also grates on me.
With De Niro and Pacino in excellent form, Mann's Heat ignites the screen.
Mann captured their performances, but he let their dynamic evaporate, to the extent that while the 1994 film is a good movie, his mistakes stop it from becoming a great movie.
Audience Reviews for Heat
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- Neil McCauley: I told you I never going back.
- Vincent Hanna: Because she has a great ass and you got your head all the up it.
- Neil McCauley: There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
- Neil McCauley: A guy told me one time, "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."
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- Neil McCauley: I am never going back.
- Vincent Hanna: Then don't take down scores.
- Neil McCauley: I do what I do best: I take scores. You do what you do best: Try to stop guys like me.
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- Vincent Hanna: Something about a woman's ass...
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- Neil McCauley: What am I doing? I'm talking to a blank telephone, cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fucking line...
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- Vincent Hanna: Don't waste my motherfucking time!
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- Neil McCauley: A guy told me one time, '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.'
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