Heat (1995)

Michael Mann’s virtuoso cat-and-mouse thriller starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Michael Mann’s painstakingly detailed cat-and-mouse thriller, in which an LA cop (Al Pacino) obsessively strives to nail the leader (Robert De Niro) of a gang responsible for a deadly armed robbery, makes imaginative and psychologically expressive use of locations, decor and lighting. From a simple conversation between two men in a coffee-shop to an extraordinary expressionist finale at LAX airport, this is virtuoso fare.

1995 USA
Directed by
Michael Mann
Produced by
Michael Mann, Art Linson
Written by
Michael Mann
Featuring
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Running time
171 minutes

Ranked in The Greatest Films of All Time poll

Sight and Sound

Who voted for Heat

Critics

Eddie Averill
USA
George Bass
UK
Philip Brophy
Australia
Susan Charlton
Australia
Bilge Ebiri
Turkey/USA
Veronica Fitzpatrick
USA
Shawn Glinis
USA
Rōgan Graham
UK
Julian Hanich
Netherlands
Alistair Harkness
UK
Peter Körte
Germany
Karsten Meinich
Norway
Robert Mitchell
UK
Javier Porta Fouz
Argentina
Josh Slater-Williams
UK
Matthew Taylor
UK
Mahaut Thébault
France

Directors

Babak Anvari
UK
Aneil Karia
UK
Richard Kelly
USA
Isabel SANDOVAL
USA

Articles related to Heat

5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 23 to 25 April

By Sam Wigley

5 things to watch this weekend – 23 to 25 April
Lists

90 great films of the 1990s

By Peter Hill, David Jenkins and others

90 great films of the 1990s
Then and now

How the filming locations for Heat have changed since 1995

By Oliver Lunn

How the filming locations for Heat have changed since 1995
Load more