Heat

**“You don’t live with me. You live with the remains of dead people “ ** My love for this movie is difficult to put into words, but Michael Mann had created an absolute masterpiece in thrilling, high action and grandiose filmmaking. I don’t think there’s been a film which balances the idea of good and evil, which encompasses this epic as we follow the perspectives of both a detective and thief looking to pull off his final score as well as this movie. On the surface yes we should be rooting for Vincent Hannah (Al Pacino), the morally correct and good individual in society, yet we still find ourselves rooting for Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and it is this aspect which makes this film so gripping. Every character, even minor supporting roles seem completely and utterly fleshed out with their own motives and goals making this movie so visceral. It is this fleshing out that makes us root for the conventional “bad guys” as we see their wives, kids and even financial struggles. The vibe of LA with its vintage cars and bright lights encompassed with this ever present blue hue makes this movie so beautiful yet gritty and alive at the same time. The action scenes, specifically that shootout on the streets of LA was mesmerising. One thing I appreciate about this film is it doesn’t feel the need to have music or a score running throughout the action scenes like other movies, rather letting the booming bangs of assault rifles, shotguns and pistols ring free. Balancing action, crime, thrills, romance and family drama, supported by one of the most stacked casts of all time with legendary performances, I don’t think there will ever be a movie more dear and tailored to me specifically than this. Absolutely magnificent.