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Crime, Drama, Action 170 min R
Rotten Tomatoes84%Metacritic76IMDb
A Los Angeles crime saga.
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
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Meticulous, epic, bleak and spare.
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HEAT will NEVER be Repeated - Movies with Mikey
FilmJoy · Jun 2025
We read them all: the case for is nadia_noir's, funniest is theo.thrills's. Marked below.
The diner scene is the whole genre distilled: two professionals admitting they are the same animal. Mann films Los Angeles like a city that only exists at night.
The diner scene is two men agreeing to end each other politely. Then the bank. Mann shoots gunfire like weather.
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A successful career criminal (Robert De Niro) considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop (Al Pacino) tries to put him behind bars in this thriller written and directed by Michael Mann.
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