Heat (Feature) [4K UHD]
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This movie has never looked this good. I have seen the movie in the theater, laserdisc, twice on different dvds and now on this spec. blu-ray.\nThis blu-ray is the one to buy!\nHEAT Director's Definitive Edition"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Billed as "A Los Angeles Crime Saga," "Heat" is one of the finest crime dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Now newly reissued in a “Director’s Cut” edition on Blu-ray, this the story of Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), and Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), two charismatic men on opposite sides of the law. With its two superstar co-lead actors (Pacino and De Niro), and an equally outstanding supporting cast that includes Diane Venora, Tom Sizemore, Natalie Portman, and Val Kilmer, this movie provides nearly three hours of spine-tingling suspense and superb action.\n\n"Heat" abounds with fantastic action scenes, culminating in a bank heist and shootout between Neil McCauley\'s gang of bank robbers and Vincent Hanna\'s squad of police detectives. In the immediate aftermath of the heist are found the best action sequences in the entire film. I think they rank among the best action scenes in any movie of recent years. The battle between McCauley’s automatic weapons-wielding crew and dozens of Hanna’s equally well-armed police officers, fought over several city blocks, takes on the grim, fiery reality of urban combat. This scene is grand in its scope, perfectly executed, and positively gripping to watch.\n\nThe acting in "Heat" is uniformly superb. as one might expect with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro leading the cast. Each of these actors plays his part to perfection – Pacino, angst-ridden, hard-as-nails, slightly burned out, yet totally dedicated to stopping and apprehending Neil McCauley and his gang; and De Niro, coldly calculating, soft spoken, betraying no outward hint of his violent nature, a man alone in the world…\n\nPerhaps the most interesting scene in "Heat" occurs when Vince Hanna and Neil McCauley sit down in a café for a cup of coffee. This scene, rated by "TV Guide" as one of the 50 best movie scenes of all time, was the first time Al Pacino and Robert De Niro had ever acted together in the same scene. It is simply a marvelous display of acting by two of the best actors of their generation...\n\n"Heat" is one of my all-time favorite movies of any genre. Most highly recommended.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Heat directed, produced and co-written by Michael Mann is one of the all-time great heist flicks. It’s about how everything goes wrong for a robbery crew led by Robert De Niro. Their problems are foreshadowed in their opening job when a member gets gun happy and leads to the death of a number of people. De Niro is being hunted by Al Pacino who plays a police detective. He brings the heat hence the title.\n\nThere are some great cat and mouse elements to the story as De Niro and Pacino attempt to outsmart each other. That’s topped off by the two going for coffee together where they get to test each other’s egos. The movie posits the main characters as very similar. Pacino also gets to be manic and crazy in some scenes and yell which is one of his trademarks.\n\nOf course, what Heat is known for is one of THE greatest robbery/shoot out scenes put to film. It is an amazing expenditure of ammunition.\n\nIf you want to watch how a crime drama is supposed to be made watch Heat. It is fantastic.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I bought the DVD of this when it first came out some years ago. I'm a big Michael Mann fan, and he doesn't disappoint with this film. Al Pacino and DeNero were great, and it's something that they haven't worked together on something together before now, other than The Godfather, and if I remember an interview...they never acted together on a scene together in that movie. A few story lines and then BAM they all collide towards the end of the movie. Lots of action and Michael Mann is still the best on night scenes. He just knows how to shoot them. This is a great movie.. it wont disappoint."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The film looks beautiful. I had the other version on Blu-Ray, and this one is not only better looking, but also has better special features. I'd love to see a full-length documentary by Charles de Lauzirika - that's my dream special feature. Until that day, this is what I will have to content myself with."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "This movie may have worked almost two decades ago, but even then, it wouldn't have appealed to everyone. It's a guy's movie - flat out; the women are all dependent on their men or needy. Character development is barely beyond adequate; a few good character scenes don't make up for the many that aren't. And then we have the cliche dedicated cop whose work focus drives a wedge through his marriage. A bad guy among thieves is a killer of prostitutes, which I found pointless as it served to make us hate him more, but did so uncreatively. Overall, the emotional tone is surprisingly flat and dreary for far too much of the movie; I had the impression this was supposed to contribute to a cool, serious tone to make characters and simple scenes, like long stretches of a guy walking or waiting, seem more important than they actually were. This type of movie cannot stand alone without extremely good character development and more energetic and interesting scenes. After hearing how great this movie was, I found little to second that vote."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Action, suspense, edge of seat celebrities. Heat is THE action movie of alltime. Scars Face may be the law, but Mr. Focker’s got his own job to do. A crime job. The two face off in this heart pounder. Crime squads last job team up are ValKimler as The Face. Hank Rollins as The Kneck. David Waingro. Tom Sizemores in a lot of the movie. Dan E. Treiso’s feeling the heat from the police right on the trail. PCU’s Jeremy Piven proves he is also smart as the role of Dr. Bob. He’s much older and graduated. Tone Loc.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I was exposed to this film at probably too young of an age, seeing a version of it on television under the age of 8 and convinced my grandfather to get it on vhs shortly after.\nI didn't understand the film over the years I kept rewatching it on occasion, but I learned more each time, like I book I kept on reading. Who is the main character? The cop or the criminal? Both are real people with goals and desires, with problems and rules they have to follow. The side characters all feel like people that exist, regular real people that all have interior lives.\nThen I got older and I started to notice the hidden elements, the crafting of the picture. The lighting, the shots, the plotting, the locations. How they really captured what the early 90's were like in California. The whole production team, lead by the Director Michael Mann, operated on an incredible level of workmanship and perfectionism.\nYou can sense that struggle of perfectionism vs the world in several of the characters as they pursue each other across the vast city.\nAnd the Action. There are few scenes that will ever live up to how intense and crazy these heist's are. Few films can pull off this level of action on screen while still making coherent sense as to where everyone is and what everyone is doing.\nThis is a top quality transfer. Any one still purchasing physical content would be very happy to have this in their collection."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Classical fine cinema at its best. Michael Man's gritty masterpiece bring some of the greatest actor of all time together. Tom Sizemore sounds like a Shakespearian trained actor. Val kilmers flowing locks tie it all together. Pacino's acting almost ruin the film. Then the most perfect choreographed performance in the history of theater saves the film.\nA must see if you love gritty classic European cinema. Highly rated"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Heat is a movie that you can rewatch time and time again. Its grounded setting in the city of LA is the backdrop of characters that are larger than life, each in their own ways. Regardless of their goals, each character deals with essential human emotions like drive, anger, and dread. There is no antagonist; if there is, it would be time. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro put on stunning performances, each at the peak of their careers (in my opinion), and the first scene they share is one of the most brilliant scenes in film, one I rewatch frequently. Matter of fact, I’m watching it right after I write this review. Watch this movie, witness Mann’s vision, experience the gripping action, listen to the surreal soundtrack, and have a great time.\n\nOn the BluRay, it’s a good version. It gets the job done.'}]