Movie #132: Heat

Movie #: 132
Movie Title: Heat
Year Released: 1995

Director: Michael Mann
Notable Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Diane Venora, Jon Voight, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman

Short Description: A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

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IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #38
FilmCrave.com: N/A
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Date Watched: 4/25/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: Heat was good, but as I’ve felt with a few other movies, it just went on and on. Not at all in a boring way, but in a way that made me start to get impatient and check the clock more often than I should have to see how much was left. Really, I swear Robert De Niro has little ability to do short movies likely because he’s so good that directors don’t want to cut anything he does and that causes the run time to add up fast. I’ve seen a couple movies of his that are around 2 hours length, so it is possible, but four of his movies that I’ve watched so far for this project (Heat, Casino, The Deer Hunter, Once Upon a Time in America) all are 2 hours 50 minutes or more. That’s quite exhausting and entertaining at the same time.