I told you, I'm never going back!

Movie name: heat

Directed by: Michael Mann

Cast: Robert de niro, Al pacino, Van kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom sizemore

Everyone would love to watch two legends sharing the big screen. I’m no exception. It was a treat watching Robert de niro and Al pacino playing cat-mouse game and a well versed narration which did tie me to my seat for 2 hours and 50 minutes. Michael Mann handled both the characters carefully and narrated every possible incidents happening in a cop’s and a thief’s life. Robert de niro played the role of Neil Mcgauley, a perfect thief whose plans could do no wrong and Al pacino played the role of Lt. Vincent Hanna, an honest policeman could feel a thief’s every move.

This movie is all about police-thief story. Four thieves accidentally leave a clue during a robbery. That clue is nothing but a word “slick”, which is an unusual one and because of that they feel the heat from the chasing policemen headed by Lt.Vincent. Even though the base story is about catching the thieves, the way Michael Mann narrated it was truly over whelming. It not only showed the policemen chasing the thieves but also narrated the social life of the thief and the policeman. Quite contrasting family life of lead roles was narrated sensibly. For example, Al pacino’s family life was pathetic while Robert de niro social life was a lonely one but he says “I’m not lonely, I live alone”.

Along with Robert de niro, val kilmer, tom sizemore and danny trejo played the role of fellow thieves. Michael Mann, I was truly impressed with your narration that has expressed different way of life lead by these thieves. After watching this movie, I couldn’t recollect the best scene from the movie. The reason is every scene was rendered beautifully. Anyone watches the movie can’t hide their expression after the face off scene between Robert and Al pacino. I’m no exception. The dialogues and the performance were awesome. I was waiting for about one hour for that face off scene and felt sad that happened only once. I had to wait for the climax in order to visualize the legends on one frame. There is a scene where Robert de niro fools the cops and the ranting Al pacino reacted to it splendidly.  Robert de niro was quite and his actions speak much rather than his words but Al pacino chose the different route. His rants were expressed with comical sense. It was quite superb to see him that way. I just loved it. Val Kilmer’s acting was exquisite. There are several scenes which showed his brilliant acting and no wonder he did out run Keanu reeves for that character Chris.

  

Right from the beginning I was narrating only about two characters. Wasn’t I? The reason is I got carried away by them. They just over shadowed everyone acted in the movie. Val Kilmer and others fitted in their roles quite beautifully except Diane venora because of her robotic gestures. She played the role of Al pacino’s wife (third wife which shows how pathetic his private life is). I just blent with the movie which made me to go blind about the cinematography and music. Over all, it’s a better movie, with better screen play, with better dialogues and with better performance from all the casts. Thumps up to Michael Mann! The final dialogue is still ringing in my ears said by Robert de niro “I told you, I’m never going back”. Just Brilliant!