Excellent film. Absolutely one of my faves. Great plot, fantastic performances from all the cast. Turn up the 5.1 surround for the bank robbery and you are in for a treat.

A very, very good action movie. The gunfights are the best I've ever seen. The two best actors of their generation De Niro and Pacino really show their impressive abilities in this film.

For those who gave this movie a zero, watch it again. Every time I watch it I discover something new. It is rich with details that are lost on the first viewing. Watch it again and again and you will get a sense of the characters' lives outside the film and of the world in which they live. It is remarkable how Mann can craft a sincere backstory for a character with just a couple of shots. And you can't go past Pacino's performance. This is where he hit his peak.… Expand

Films like Heat are the reason I love films. This is just a fantastic film, a non-stop trill ride that never stops the action to tell the story. The film has an intense and engaging plot. Criminal Neil McCauley(played by Robert De Niro) leads a team of robbers on a armored car heist to rob 1.6 million dollars in bearer bonds. All goes well until one of the robbers, Waingro, murders a guard, which forces the criminals to muder the rest of the guards. This enrages McCauley, who tries to have Waingro murdered later outside of a diner, but Waingro manages to escape. Meanwhile, hot on their trail is Lieutenant Vincent Hanna(played by Al Pacino), an LAPD homicide detective who has been on McCauleys trail for quite some time. This leads to a thrilling cat-and-mouse game between McCauley and Hanna. This film is very well acted by Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kimer and the cinematography is absolutle top notch. Heat is a brilliantly made film and a top contender for one one of the best films of the 90's.… Expand

This movie is an amazing spectacle. It manages to be an action movie, a drama, a crime flick, and a beautifully filmed majestic epic all at once. Some may argue that it is not paced fast enough; I tell you to go enjoy your "ADD fix" with Family Guy or Transformers 2. Mann manages to capture the soul of almost all of these characters, and provide you a look into who they are, and why they act like they do. The action scenes that are there are not simply throw away, they build upon what has happened before, and help reveal a little more about the world that these criminals and cops both inhabit.… Expand

In my opinion one of those most beautiful movies shot. He makes LA look awesome. Realistic lloking and souding gunfight in downtown area. Great actors. 3 hour length allows good character development.

Michael Mann once again provides us a film plush with visual texture, unexpected music and human interaction. He restates his usual provocative themes, which always proceed towards the inevitable death to the dysfunctional. There is no good and evil, only the necessary in a world of characters powerless to assert their underlying moral imperatives.

Best action flick period. It has everything, a brilliant cast. A great underrated sleeper.

If you'd asked me 11 years ago when I first saw it I would have given it a 2. Now it stands out as one of the best films of the 90s, and the film that utterly epitomises the decade. It's a meditative study of utterly fragile post-feminist men poised on the brink of all-conquering suicidal existentialism and only able to express themselves through massive acts of violence. And that's not something you get in any other Hollywood blockbusters I can think of.… Expand

This film to me is a masterpiece a georgeously filmeed crime epic with two amazing perfomances from 2 legends. A film that has amazing action sequences but has heart and focuses on the characters not just fireworks which is something that some filmmakers need to learn. A classic and my favorite film.

Outstanding! One of the top fiction films I have seen; thus the 10. Well developed characters with faults to care for, wide open explosive action scenes across downtown Los Angeles, believable storytelling, and unbelievable casting! MetaCritic’s score of 76 is not accurate. Rottentomatoes.com comes much closer to what this movie deserves with a score of 90.

The movie is just excellent. From the cast, scenery, dialogues and especially the shootout, I have never felt sick of the movie. When I was in high school I used to put the bank robbery scene on soon as I'd get home and even today, years later, I still enjoy wathcing it. Of course the De Niro - Pacino pair was just awsome. Thanks Mann for bringing them together and I hope something like it will come up again.… Expand

One of the best action movies i have ever seen. The bank robbery gunfight is absolutely incredible.

Heat is one of the best crime films of all time.

A nice choice of actor's, too long of a plot, boring, dull, and cliched with many flaws. Salon.com says everything by saying 6 words, a three hour fullisade of cliches.

Poorly handled, it takes a one hour brake, and then carries back onto excitement. Heat means nothing but the sweat of anxiously waiting for it to end.

It starts off nice, but it never seems to end, I couldn't stand any longer after 1 hour and 40 minutes. It is pointless and tiresome.

An explosion of pure cool. Michael Mann's artfully crafted character study of crime and violence from both sides of the "thin blue line" packaged in classic cat & mouse, cops and robbers style. A stellar ensemble cast lead by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino roves that the anti-hero is alive and well.

One of my all-time favorite movies. Why can't filmmakers today make quality action/drama like this anymore?? Whenever people ask me to recommend a sleeper video they haven't seen, this is one of the first names I come up with. Michael Mann does rock solid work with this one. The Los Angeles setting is amazing as well.

One of the most complex crime dramas I've ever seen. Brillant acting throughout especially by Kilmer, Pacino, and DeNiro. A must buy for anyone who is sick of dumb Van Damme like action movies and want something more.

Great movie i bought it has my favorate two actors.

It ranks 2nd on my personal favorite movies of all time. The dvd doesn't have any extras worth mentioning, but that's okay. It's definately worth owning

There are few crime films which are this taut,this complex and moreover, this essential. Heat is one of those films that lingers in your mind without ramming action down your throat. Witness the coffee shop scene.

This is one helluva movie. It's fascinating and just flat-out smart. Mann's best film. Both Pacino and DeNiro are AMAZING! Brilliant, but a tad slow.

For something called 'Heat' it's stylistically cold as a dead fish. It's basically cops and robbers wearing expensive suits and rolex watches, living plushly, dining fancily, and shooting guns like it's the latest yuppie fashion statement. Mann's Miami Vice shenanigans are still quite evident though given an epic scope and expensive gloss. Still, it's topnotch professional filmmaking. If you want violence as window shopping at Nordstrom's this is just the stuff for you. … Expand

Very entertaining movie. Although it is quite long. But De Niro and Pacino in the restaurant was one of the best scenes i have ever seen in movies.

Great movie, especially Robert De Niro.

Two of the most talented actors in the history of film in a head to head fight with each other. That's basically what your going to expect from "Heat". However underneath it is so much more, these are deep and intelligent characters who struggle with society and it's definitions of morality. At the end you will care for both Pacino (The Cop) and DeNiro (The Robber) as they have a lot of smart things to teach us about human nature and people in general. This is all thanks to fantastic dialogue and acting. Absolutely worth seeing, one of my favourites from 1995… Expand

HEAT is good, seriously good. Pacino and de Niro are just perfect for the characters they play, the direction is equally strong. The length of the movie might be a bit too long for the usual Hollywood flick, but this is serious, heady stuff. Pacino is quintessential and meticulous as the cop who knows a challenge when he sees one, de Niro is the smooth operator who must always stay a step ahead. The leader of a fearsome crew, de Niro's silent, tough control over his team, over their future, is just perfect. The supporting cast are equally commendable. Of Michael Mann's best movies, Heat is certainly one of them. Cliched? Not one bit. The best scene of the movie isn't just the diner-coffee scene, it's the first one where de Niro ascends the electric stairs and on to the pavement. You see the look, the fierceness in his face, the way he walks and does his business, the perfect character played by the perfect actor. Pacino is no less powerful, the way he hankers after his informant, Eddy, the way he gets the 'slick' lead from Eddy's cousin, the way he prowls and stalks de Niro's crew, his tireless dedication to his work - Mann has just handled both these magnificent actors as well as any director has ever done so, with balance and precision. Pacino and de Niro are subdued in their fierceness, no over-the-top overacting by these two fine actors, it's just classic, downright methodical acting. The story builds up, adds more intrigue and suspense by the minute....Heat is one for the ages. I should say it, I've seen it no fewer than 15 times, from start to end!… Expand

Quite simply a modern classic. I honestly think that in years to come this film will be regarded as a masterpiece of its genre (if that isn't already the case). Oh, and the ending with Moby's 'God Moving Over the Face of the Waters' playing in the background is, in my opinion, the greatest ending to any movie I've ever seen.

If ever a movie was in need of some judicious editing to correct pacing and story issues, this is it. With riveting performances from an all-star cast and an interesting plot, it had the potential to be great entertainment on many levels. But post-production choices by director Mann turned this into an unwieldy two hour and forty minute beast. Everything just goes on too long, underscored by a narcotic soundtrack that leaves the audience twitching in their seats instead of on the edge of their seats. The turning point scene where the two main characters first meet face-to-face should have been a cerebral break in the action and relationship drama, but instead comes after many minutes of plodding, unnecessary footage. The ending was also a huge letdown considering how much the proficiencies of both main characters had been built up over the course of the film. Still, there are some great individual performances and scenes in this film, so I'm giving it a rating that makes it worth watching, though not a must see. 6/10.… Expand