Over the course of many days (it’s a long movie and we have “Nigel” issues) Marcia and I watched the movie “Heat”, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer.
Here is the plot synopsis, thanks to Michael Silva and IMDB:
Neil McCauley (De Niro) 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 (Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo) is a high-tech outfit pulling off professional jobs that impress even the likes of Detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino). 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.
It is really tough to watch a movie in sections. (Though I saw this years ago, just after it was released on VHS.) I know we lost some of the intensity from the characters and the story as a whole. But the main feeling was still there.
The obvious thing is to center on De Niro and Pacino being in the same movie. Unfortunately they were only in one scene together. It was a great scene though, adding much to both character’s background and identity. It was also nice to see Pacino not so over-the-top as he has seemed to be later in his career.
A very good movie that was fun to see again, though many years removed.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
This movie ROCKS!!!!!!! Great lines like “Not enough steaks in the freezer”, and “Great A_ _ !” and “No matter what, you will not get in my way”. When Kathleen is out of town I play this movie on my surround system, that bank job comes alive! the walls shake. Total guys movie with intense gun play.