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Epic yet minutely observed, realistic yet stylized, jarringly violent yet soulfully restrained, HEAT is the consummate Michael Mann film and among the greatest works of 1990s Hollywood. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro play cop-and-robber and cat-and-mouse through several high-stakes heists in seedy Los Angeles, including a legendary, intricately choreographed street shootout that is as thunderous as it is thrilling.

The centerpiece scene of HEAT, with De Niro and Pacino meeting over coffee, is perhaps the simplest that Mann has ever choreographed but among the most impactful. It represents Pacino and De Niro at the peak of their powers: both men middle-aged and seasoned from impressive acting careers, both eking out subtext so thick the scene takes place almost at a metaphysical level. Mann’s script is journalistically researched while borrowing genre elements from the western and the melodrama, generally elevating the terrain of the action film to the urban sublime.