Heat (DVD)

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Heat (DVD)

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HEAT - A Definite Case of Déjà-Vu

5 Dec 16th, 2000 (May 5th, 2001)

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Powerful cast .  Action scenes are exceptionally tense

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Long

Recommendable: Yes 

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If anyone watching Heat for the first time gets a distinct feeling that history is repeating itself, they are not imagining things. The original screenplay was used for a film called L.A Takedown a few years earlier. Having seen both, I can vouch for the fact that whole chunks of the script are identical.

Heat has been expanded upon to become a much more heavyweight and longer offering, with the characters of the two main antagonists, De Niro and Pacino much more highly developed.

The staging of the violence leaves you breathless, with the foiled bank raid at the centre of things. Apparently, everyone had special training in making it look like they can handle an automatic weapon, and it's difficult to imagine that they were only firing blanks.

The film was hugely successful, and deserves it on several fronts.

The first pairing of Pacino and De Niro. The non-stop action, enhanced by the incidental music, especially throughout the bank raid.

I saw it at the movies, bought the VHS tape, upgraded to DVD, bought it on DVD - I guess this means I liked it!

Two enthusiastic thumbs up! 

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stinky2

stinky2

27.05.2001 02:16

Haven't seen LA Takedown but thought that Heat was fantastic. No one can surpass De Niro and Pacino.

DoubleTrouble

DoubleTrouble

19.05.2001 01:49

One of my top 5 all-time films. Maybe if they were to put out a Special Edition DVD, I might consider upgrading from Widescreen VHS myself.

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