Heat

Heat is a movie about two men that are similar in so many ways yet both on opposite sides of the law. The first men is a police Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) that is life driven by his work which is catching hardcore criminals like the second men, Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro). Both of them had screwed personal life when Hanna is always in a bad state with his marriage, (quoted from the movie) “My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type asshole. I got a wife; we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.” and McCauley being a loner but claims to not be lonely, as said in the movie “I'm alone, I am not lonely.” And “Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.” Despite their hate for each other, they did in a point of time cross path and “talked” over the life they choose to live. The director of this crime thriller drama film that was released exactly eight years after the day I was born, Michael Mann which also directed “The Insider” was innovative enough to divide both the two characters properly as each character is shown their working style, their principles and most importantly their personal life. There were a few good scenes where the director played with the lighting and the positioning of the camera. One of the scenes which made a big impact on the viewer was the ending part where McCauley notices bright runway lights turn on during the landings to enable the pilots to land, and, sensing an opportunity, makes a move to take out Hanna. However, as McCauley steps out to shoot Hanna with the lights at his back, Hanna is able to see McCauley's shadow and shoots first. As McCauley dies, Hanna moves to comfort him, and the two men share a final, reflective moment. Honestly, I was expecting a twist of fate for Hanna at the end of the movie, I was actually hoping that McCauley would take out a knife and kill Hanna or at least injured him before his final breath but he did not. Despite my hopes For McCauley’s revenge on Hanna for killing him, I think that the ending is a pretty good one where the viewer could see the honorable moment the two men shared at the end. It is somehow touching and very rare to see one man comforting another without them looking like gays. I believe their acting was superb and the director was talented enough to make this movie such a heart touching movie despite all the crime scenes that was in the movie.