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@kaiielle saw this probably 50 times never realized to you said it....she did play the mom in Casper lol... which is a great family film and I had a huge crush on Christina ricci
The beauty of "Heat" is the equality between the cops and the robbers. Both "teams" are smart, dedicated, experienced and very good at their jobs. And for the leaders of both sides, it's never personal. It's just their jobs. The diner scene is one of the best moments in film.
when this movie came out it was hyped a lot as De Niro and Pacino finally sharing scenes together. When we finally get to the scene, so many directors would have been tempted to make it some big epic moment. Instead Michael Mann chose to do the most mundane scene and setting imaginable, and shot/edited in the most simplistic way possible, just basic shot reverse shot. No music. No action, just a conversation. And it's utterly riveting and perfect.
The classic 'Great Ass' line was improvised by Pacino. Mann was repeatedly making them reshoot the scene as he wanted some off script magic from Al and he finally got it when he went with the crazy eyed ad-lib. Hank Azaria's 'Jesus' reaction was genuine !
Did some quick calculations : Ashley Judd was about 27 when this movie was made, so , and I mean it with the greatest of respect, no doubt her butt was extremely fine back then ( heck , even now at 55-56, I'm sure it's still pretty good) 😊
The ending is just so beautiful. Hana just looks on to the distance knowing that his life will go back to the same mundane routine. He killed the one person who was similar to him and the one person who understood his life. In the end he’s somewhat saddened by the fact that he lost a formidable enemy.
The late Tom Sizemore once said the final shot nails down the essence of male bonding and a sort of unspoken code men have for each other. "It's raw, it's real, it hits you right in the gut, and it's all true" was his quote. I always found that an interesting take.
That scene with the "Because she had a... GREAT ASSSSS!!!" pops into my head at the worst times and I have to choke down laughter. Just the psychotic look in Pacino's eyes when he says it and the face Hank Azaria makes... it's too perfect.
I think some other people may have mentioned this, but my take on the Lauren situation was that she was going through such extreme abandonment issues with her real father (which would be very intense at her age & that she would likely blame herself for), that she couldn't take another male father figure leaving her life. My assumption was that she found out about the impending divorce between Hanna and her mom and it was the last straw for her psychologically.
This whole movie is a masterpiece. The characters are expertly portrayed, and the pace of the film keeps pulling you to the next scene. Its so f***ing intense - I am SO glad you reacted to this movie!
This marked the first time Pacino and De Niro appeared on-screen together; they’d both acted in parallel timelines in The Godfather Part II, but they didn’t share scenes in a movie until they made Heat. The bank heist street shootout sequence was so authentic and so detailed that it has been shown to U.S. Marine recruits as an example of perfect form under gunfire, a spot-on example of grace under fire. In a behind-the-scenes featurette about Heat’s L.A. bank heist gunfight sequence, Val Kilmer says he had heard that when the moment his character reloads, Marine trainers tell recruits, “If you can’t change a clip as fast as this actor, get out of my army!”
I remember being in college two years (1997) after this came out in 1995 and watching the Live coverage of the North Hollywood shootout...running gun battle with automatic weapons and body armor used by robbers vs cops. It looked and felt eerily like this. It still sends chills for me because I knew officers on the force at the time.
Those robbers actually took ideas from this film, because it so accurately depicted police tactics. Oddly enough, when this was released, critics complained about the shootout being excessive and unrealistic, but after North Hollywood, everyone compared it to Heat. Funny how things twist around that way.
Neil’s girl is “Judging Amy”.. the series that was fairly popular back in the day. She’s been in other stuff throughout the years. I think she had a role in HBO’s The Leftovers as well.
The restaurant scene between DeNiro and Pacino is an absolute masterclass in acting. Somehow, despite the fact that one is into the movie, this scene is different and you become aware of the fact that you are watching something special. The "Sicilian Scene" from True Romance is similar in its phenomenally incredible acting.
Danny Trejo plays a character named Trejo. That's how bad-ass Danny Trejo is. He can't be anyone but Trejo. If he gets cast in a new STAR WARS spin-off, his character's name will be Darth Trejo.
The shoot out after the bank job scene is used by several military organisations as a good example of fire and manoeuvre. Not surprising as the whole thing was choreographed by Andy McNab, ex-SAS and leader of the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero mission in the first gulf war. Apparently Val Kilmer's reload drills were incredibly slick.
12:45, for a man who advocates not getting too attached to people or things Neil is very attached to his crew. His attachment and love for them brings about his downfall.
His pride came before his fall. He could have left for the airport earlier instead of tying up the loose ends. What was done was already done, and killing those guys didn’t change anything for his crew. He let it get personal, and it cost him his escape.
The Suicide.. can we understand? Teen suicides, you know? They're tragic. They happen. We know next to nothing about what goes on in her mind. We can only toy with the puzzle. She does it in his hotel room. He is allowed to rescue her, should he come there.. but I think the intention was more; "mum won't have to be the one that finds me." We know he says her real father screwed her up, Lauren has obviously bonded well with Hanna, but I think she blames him for where the family is at. I think she feels unseen.. and could there be a stronger act of "do you see me now"? I think that's the reason for the location, because I think she's just given up on her mom. And the reason for the scene? This movie is a reverse puzzle. They started with the idea of the final scene and built it from there. I think the idea here then, is to make it utterly clear that he loves his family too, but also it makes him realize that his stepdaughter could get to this point without him realizing. He being an investigator that practically reads intentions missed how desperate the kid was. It makes him realize the realities of the situation. I think we don't get to know because he doesn't get to know. We get to know everything he knows.. and he figures out so much about this crime gang, yet he knows so little of his family, and I think that's the perspective of the movie. Everything we see regarding the criminals are things he either already had figured out or eventually will figure out during the remainder of the investigation. His family doesn't get the same attention.
The thing with Natalie Portman's character Lauren: I feel that they set up that she was a deeply disturbed/unstable person who clearly had abandonment issues with her father. With Pacino's character, Hannah, I think that while the mother felt that Hannah was not a stable presence in her life, Lauren perhaps felt that Hannah was a stable element, relatively speaking, in hers. There's that scene where Hannah picks up Lauren at the bus stop and Hannah's partner, Bosco, says, "Hi, Lauren," to which she says back, "Hey, Bosco." This indicated to me that she had more familiarity with Hannah than the movie showed elsewhere. I think him being a police officer and a fundamentally decent person probably gave her some sense of safety. I surmise that Lauren was informed of the impending breakup betwixt Hannah and her mother, and this is what triggered her actions. While there is no scene to show how, I don't think it's too hard to imagine that her mother had his temporary contact info somewhere and Lauren saw it. She also easily could have called Hannah's job and got it from one of his co-workers who knew her - like Bosco. But, no, the movie doesn't show this. I'm okay with it because it puts you in Hannah's shoes; like him, we've been so focused on Hannah's job and catching the crooks that we forget that she existed for a minute. Part of the story of Lauren's young life, really.
It’s interesting to note most of the diner scene dialogue was improvised on the spot which isn’t unusual given the fact that it’s Pacino and De Niro. Two master craftsmen flexing their acting chops and it’s magnificent.
You don't really watch a Michael Mann movie, you let it wash over you, as you swim in it. Collateral has the same sort of empty Mann style soul to it. You can definitely see the influence of this on Chris Nolan's: the dark Knight
The movie has a clever structure and plot, but they are not the priority. The relationships, the economics and the sociology of these cops and criminals are what make this film endure as something more than a slick heist movie. Rare these days. The mid-90's were the last stand for big genre movies that weren't in a rush to deliver plot points at the expense of character and emotional build up.
This movie is one of my Top 3 movies of all time! It's the first movie i can remember that i was rooting for the bad guys, which is EXTRELEY rare for me. Michael Mann is a genius! You should check out "Miami Vice". It's excellent. Also...i use the line "i'm alone, i'm not lonely" at least once or twice a month...it's so accurate!
I haven't watched your reaction yet but I thought that I'd mention that Val Kilmer's weapon skill on the shootout was textbook according to the military experts who reviewed the scene. It was implemented into training recruits. As a former Marine, I agree.
Lauren had a father who consistently abandoned her, and despite everything Vincent tried to be in her life (even if it was just picking her up)…she probably had seen a lot of men in her mom’s life, so when Vincent left (yet another abandonment), she decided to to find him and unalive herself to punish her mother for not seeing her either (and Vincent for not being the father she needed). Vincent loved Lauren and didn’t want her to be like any of the statistics that he’d seen time and again. But he still left her. This movie was about two men obsessed with their chosen “callings”, to the point it destroyed everything around them. Both driven, professional and calculated…but ultimately, cold and oblivious to anything that could free them. Neither Vincent or Neil would ever stop doing what they do, for anyone. Eady was truly lonely and felt connected to another lonely person like Neil. Even to her detriment, she believed he would quit the crime life. When she finally realized he wouldn’t, she was sitting alone in a car at a murder scene.
@@kaiielle It wasn’t explored much in the movie itself, but there were subtleties that I discovered after multiple viewings. Lauren was a damaged child and she was trying to find a father to see her. Hers was one of the saddest side stories.
@@DavidWilson-ip3bl i think that was the point. She was neglected by all her parent figures, who were all absorbed by their own foibles. She is also neglected by the plot and fittingly surprises everyone
Lauren's suicide attempt is an exclamation point on the way both Vincent and Neil are consumed by their professions. We know she's been struggling, but she fades into the background for us the same way she does for Vincent as he is snapping closer and closer at Neil's heels - the movie is building to this climactic confrontation, in a way you as a movie viewer are very familiar with, everything's getting more and more intense and focused on going in for the kill, and then all that is swept away when he finds Lauren in the bathtub. A (neo noir) reminder that there are other things, outside the chase. That's how I take it, anyhow More Michael Mann! The Insider (1999), Thief (1981) and Manhunter (1986) at least are essential. His entire filmography (give or take) is about fraternal codes of honour, mutual respect in violent professions, the prison of masculinity and so on, so I'm sure if you liked Heat you would like his others Also the asshole diner owner, Bud Cort, starred in the best romcom of all time back in the 70s, Harold and Maude, which I recommend to everyone in my life at every opportunity
It sad that Vincent had to kill the one person that understood him the most. It that bond between the two that pushes this film to the greatest heist movie and greatest crime film of all time.
I love how into the intense moments you were. You looked like you were figuratively on the edge of your seat! Although I'm not sure you can ever completely get past the length, I do predict that during the edit and on the rewatch, you'll pick up on new elements and/or reconsider your thoughts on certain events. You might have even missed a little bit while talking, which would be very understandable. Thanks for another great video and for the wonderful honesty and genuineness, as always.
The uneasy feeling of yin and yang never goes away when watching this movie again and again. You will always feel off-balance. There's the bad guy who is sometimes too good, and the good guy who is sometimes not good enough. Every innocent life matters until it doesn't. The practical effects of the 90s also hit differently. I hope you keep doing what you're doing KL, because you're beautiful and I love your reactions!
Christmas 1995. Saw it with my then ex wife. We were all blown away. Everyone in the theater was just stunned beyond words. Excellent movie. Thank you for your reaction.
RE: Runtime - were you *bored?* Did you *zone out* at any point? What would you cut? A typical crime thriller would just be about Vincent and Neil's gang. This movie is longer because of how much time we spend with their families and loved ones. Those scenes are *why* this movie is exceptional compared to every other cops-and-robbers movie and why this is considered one of the best ones ever. It's true, Michael Mann shootouts and action sequences are exceptional in and of themselves, (the bank robbery sequence is one of the best ever) but in-context, knowing what the stakes were, not just to the characters but to everyone in their lives, makes it so much more intense. They didn't have to give us all that backstory about the wheelman being out on parole and getting screwed over at his rehab-job and feeling like he didn't deserve the love and respect of such a supportive partner, but it made you really feel it when he didn't make it.
Wasn't bored, didn't zone out, just felt that a lot of scenes without dialogue were on the long side, and I reaaaally noticed that when I was editing this. Again, just a personal preference. There are a few movies with the same runtime that I love, including my favourite movie of all-time, which many do consider a bore/snooze fest lmao
@@kaiielle "a lot of scenes without dialogue were on the long side" That's about *immersion.* The city is as much a character as any of the humans in the story. There's all sorts of universe-building and character development being shown in background details that you'll notice more and more each time. Since you're interested in the story that inspired it and if you want to know why certain creative decisions were made I urge you to find the DVD/Blu-Ray audio director's comentary version. You'll be amazed at how much is actually happening in those quiet scenes you felt were too slow. Mann is a true crime nut and all of his stuff is exhaustively researched and hearing his thought process is illuminating for anyone interested in film-making craft in general but in crime movies and true-crime stories especially.
I still remember seeing this in the cinema when it came out - 90 minutes of chess moves and buildup, the bank job is all slightly tense but calm, and then it just *explodes* into the street fight. It's this relentless scene of incredible sound and violence, and everyone in the theatre was just ".....woah." Took me 3-4 rewatches to really appreciate the whole thing, I think. :)
This is one of the top ten movies where I exited the theater emotionally and physically spent. I hadn't recovered by the next morning. And no, I was sober. That'll be a post for ya' KL. Top ten movies that left you emotionally and/or physically drained.
What makes this film good is that its a slow burn but it is still has u invested because its building character growth in all the characters. Btw the detective who got shot in the neck is the same actor who plays buffalo bill in silence of the lambs if u seen that before.
After playing Buffalo Bill, he has gone on to play a law enforcement officer in a lot of movies and TV. He was also a cop in the original Fast And Furious with Paul Walker.
michael mann is a master filmmaker. he did the last of the mohicans a couple of years before heat i really wish it would be shown again at the cinemas to give people a chance to see it on the big screen. and other older movies
"The only thing I like about that man, is his eyes." Sometimes that's all you need. 0_- "Those guys are wearing no ear protection..." LOL. My dad let me shoot a 3006 with no ear protection, only one time, when I was young and it gave me tinnitus for life, so good observation. Great reaction.
the chaotic bank robbery shoot out is one the greatest action scene made. If you got proper audio devices, it becomes God tier action scene that you will feel your bottom (as does your neighbour)
There’s a UA-cam video of Tom Hiddleston doing impressions on a Graham Norton episode. DeNiro was also on the panel, and part of Tom’s routine was Pacino AND DeNiro in the diner scene. ❤❤🔫
Nice reaction KL! But also…a shout out to your editor. Long one to cut down, and they seemingly captured all the good parts. I’m writing this, as you wrap up…and afa Lauren: she’s obviously a mixed-up kid. For example, the way she absolutely freaks when she can’t find her barrettes; and the way her birth dad is constantly letting her down. Keep up the good work!
I feel like the little girl tried to unalive herself was because her dad was completely absent and the only dad she knew was going to go away too. She went to his room to be close to him before she did it.
Neil may be bad guy but he is a very likable bad guy. Weingro was the true bad guy. He screwed up the initial robbery that was supposed to be victimless . Not to mention that he is a serial killer. The ending was amazing but I would have liked every outcome. Neil winning or both walking away
In the back story of this movie, Neil is a former Marine just like Hanna. So it’s not surprising that he went back under fire to save Chris. That old training and credo of never leave anyone behind kicked in. I think their common background is also why Hanna tries to reach out to Neil to tell him to stop. He didn’t want to end someone who he could have easily served with in the Corps.
Neil stared at Eady after their first night together for so long because (IMO) he's thinking to himself..."what the fuck did I just do?" Neil is all about no attachments, as you see in his house he has NO furniture, because they're attachments. He's single because an SO is an attachment. So he stared because he's like shit, I now have what is the beginning of an attachment. It's now a monkey wrench thrown into his long-term plans.
Hi Kaielle . I know someone already told you about this being Robert De Niro and Al Pacino s first time on film together so I will say, I loved the camera s pov on both of them as they are talking and love how immersed you were in it with your hand on you r chin. I watched the movie again but I paid attention to your facial expressions as I watched, the focus, the eye movement and the little subtle things like the way you touch your face, laugh (I'm sure that sounds weird ) it let's me know how into it you are. I miss Ashley Judd (Charlene) acting, I know she's retired now and was more focused on her AID work . Donald was played by Dennis Haysbert who you may know from The All State commercials and who also played the President in The Kiefer Sutherland series 24. The shootout scene with Tom Sizemore (RIP) taking the little girl plus Lauren's unalive scene really got you, I did laugh when you said you bitch you actual bitch and then called him a Dick. You recognized Angelina Jolies dad Jon Voight I'm guessing (guy with the long hair and mustache) You brought the Heat to this reaction and you do to all your reactions.
Lauren didn't try to kill herself in his hotel room, that was his apartment, he still had his apartment from before he met his mom, and the fact he kept it shows that on some level he probably knew it wouldn't work out. She likely had a key as he was more or less on the level of her step-dad at that point, and given her troubles she had likely spent time there before.
That was definitely a hotel room. If you look at main door when he walks in you can see the old rate sheets they used to post on hotel room doors. Also, the bathroom is a hotel bathroom with the white towels in the chrome towel holder that were in tons of hotels back in the 90s. My feeling is that even with the long run time of this movie that they didn't do a good job of explaining how Lauren knew where he was staying. It's pretty clear to us that Lauren and Vincent have a good relationship. She's is obviously troubled by the fact that her dad doesn't show up and her mom has all kinds of trouble, so she went to the hotel and tried to kill herself because Vincent was the one person who she knew would pay attention. They movie just doesn't show us how she knew where he would be staying. Unless it's a hotel the LAPD uses a lot and she knew he'd be there. Anyway, she's the innocent casualty of all the madness in this movie.
Saw this in theaters with my brother and the shoot out in the streets while the bank heist went down was AWESOME!!!! The song at the end is one of my favorites to relax to. This is one of my favorite movies.
KL, thank you for watching yet another amazing movie. I hope that you will eventually re-watch and come away with a different feel for it. I love this movie, it's not really a "heist movie", it's a crime/drama filled with lots characters and plenty of character development. This is not a movie with a lot "slick" moments, where you get a bunch of cliche' lines and winks and nods from the actors. Instead, you get a character study from a bunch of people both on the right and wrong sides of life who have their own personal flaws, and for me that makes it more real than other movies of this type. The writing is superb, as is the acting. One thing that I enjoy watching from reactors to this movie is that they know going in that Pacino, DeNiro and Kilmer are in it, but then they see all these other familiar faces with smaller roles. Hey, it's Jon Voight & Natalie Portman & Tom Sizemore & Ted Levine & William Fichter & Diane Venora & Mykelti Williamson & Kevin Gage & Ashley Judd & Danny Trejo & Amy Brenneman! I could go on and on about this movie, but I don't write a novel, and most of your fans will tell you a lot about the key moments in this film. So, instead I'll leave you with this fun fact..... William Fichtner, the actor who plays Roger Van Zant, had a conversation with director Michael Mann about his character. Not knowing what Van Zant's fate would be, he stated that, "If I end up getting killed in this movie, then I want it to be while I'm watching hockey." Fichtner is from Buffalo, New York and grew up watching a lot of hockey. Sure enough, when DeNiro breaks into his home, he's sitting on the couch watching hockey. Thank you again, KL!
All Mann movies should be watched! Starting with thief, and the SECOND yes I said second Hannibal lecktor movie, Manhunter! (First was a almost passing mention in a movie by Brian DePalma, Dressed To Kill) so do that one first, then Manhunter, before any other Hannibal lecktor movies. Mann's style is highly stylized, great scene and dialogue shots, great background music. If u watch Ryan Gosling in Drive, u will see that director watched every Michael Mann movie!
A lot of people seem to root for Neil McCauley. I'm probably in that camp. Yeah he's a bad guy but he has a code, I guess. That makes him more rootable.
Neil was outside of his class, going head to head with Vincent. Vincent was a trained Marine and marksman. He was a professional. Neil was a very good amateur gunman, but he was a thief first, not a soldier. Vincent was a soldier.
If you like audiobooks, Michael Mann actually co-wrote a sequel called Heat 2, takes place before and after the events of the film. Ive listened to it a bunch of times, it's VERY good.
Got to see this in the theater my Freshman year of college. The shootout in that setting was amazing. Word of it made it around campus super quick and I think every guy on campus saw it at least once. It was one of those first 2 VHS tape movies due to its length. It will probably be my favorite movies until the end of time.
For another excellent bank robbery film, you should check out ‘Inside Man’ with Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster. And also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
I believe Heat was originally imagined as a mini series before streaming made them popular. I’ve read that is the reason the movie seems to take a long time to ramp up. There was supposed to be a lot more backstory for secondary characters. No one wanted to buy it as a series so they just made it a feature film and cut a ton of footage. There is an extended version of the film but there may be hours of lost footage. What I’ve heard about the sequel coming out does not impress me. If shows like The Wire and True Detective are so popular, it’s a shame that Heat wasn’t developed the way it was intended. Knowing all that I can forgive a lot of the confusing quirks of the film.
It's a remake of "LA Takedown" a TV movie that was a proposed pilot for new series that didn't get picked up. Essentially a West Coast version of Miami Vice.
@@chrisleebowers It's good it didn't work out . As for this Michael Mann had a much bigger budget , and could get the right actors . It was night and day between the 2 films .
Awesome vid! I always love seeing people discover what I feel is without qualifier on of my Top 15 all time movies & one of the best heist & crime media ever made. I rarely see people walking away from watching this without being blown away. I’d definitely recommend the other heist movie Michael Mann made before this called - Thief (1980)! Heat just edges it out as my personal favorite but still Thief is an incredible film! Also since high stakes thrillers are on my mind I’d also recommend giving the film Sorcerer (1977) a shot too. It’s not a heist film but I consider it one of the best & yet also most underrated thrillers of all time. Excellent & unappreciated film.
I agree that the coffee shop seen is the best part of the movie. Normally you would not see a cop sit down with a criminal over coffee. But that was the only way the writers could put these two in the same room together and have a dialogue. It was absolutely brilliant. On another note, I agree that the movie was a little slow in the middle and a lot could have been cut out. Other than that, this goes down is one of the greatest films of the decade.
One of the best shootouts in all of film. Also the gunshots were not sound effects those are the way they sounded during filming. The city streets caused them to echo and the director felt this was perfect and realistic. Which it is.
Fun fact. The Marines and some units in the Army used the reloading scene in the firefight to teach proper techniques. This is what happens when you hire GOOD technical advisers.
I’ve appreciated this movie more and more the older I get. Legendary cast with a lot of grit. The diner scene with Patrino and De Niro is 💯🔥also those gun sounds in the shootout with police so realistic I always enjoy your reactions.
As awesome as Pacino is in this he still isn't as scary as DeNiro is.Holy does he look serious and dangerous in this! Glad you enjoyed it so much. It's a great movie. Thanks, see you again soon.
The army and Marines taught the bank shootout scene for decades, as the proper way to break out of an ambush. Neal was a real bank robber. Mann has been thinking of a prequel, for 30 years!
First saw this movie when I was like 17 when it came out. I’m old. Took me until about a year ago to realize it’s “Waingro” as one name and not “Wayne Grow” lol. Been dropping inside jokes to myself about having to “get it on” for years and never knew the scumbag’s name.
I haven't seen this movie in forever! The one thing I do remember is how long it is 😅 So I feel ya Kaiielle! This movie has some big name actors though! It also has great actors in smaller roles too. Everyone in their prime. Heat is definitely an iconic movie.
Love this film. De Niro is great, as well as the rest of the cast, but I was always partial to Pacino’s ferocious and sometimes comedic performance. He said in the script, which the actual film never mentions, is that his character Detective Vincent Hanna, actually has a bit of a cocaine habit to keep him sharp and the edge, which explains his ferocious performance:) Love it:)
21:39 He was thinking about what Jimmy McElwain used to say: have no attachments, have nothing in your life you can't walk out on in 30 seconds flat or less if you spot the heat around the corner. At this point in the film, he hasn't yet spotted the heat around the corner. But in this scene, he is having serious doubts as whether he could walk out on her like that if he did spot the heat, which in his line of work is a real likelihood. He is starting to need her, and he might not have the discipline it takes to walk out on her if it came to that. It's an added risk, and he knows it. He has been proud of his own discipline on this matter, but Eady is sorely testing it. Who can blame him? 30 year-old Amy Brenneman? Uh, yes please. As far as Lauren's attempt on her own life goes, she is a troubled young woman trying to keep her family together, if only in her own mind. She feels she has to be perfect for her real dad to keep him from abandoning her, so missing barrettes is a reason for crisis and tears. Lauren sees that her mother is aloof and does not have these fears, almost as if she does not care that Lauren is being abandoned, so she is all the more alone, misunderstood, and left to twist in the wind by her own parents. Her fears of abandonment are shown to be valid after her dad "didn't show, didn't call." She is being forgotten by her own father, who really is a "large-type asshole." And now, her stepfather is leaving as well. That she knows Vincent's colleagues by name shows that she has a connection there to other possible father figures, if only tangentially. But even those will go away after Vincent leaves her and her mom, just like her real dad did. There is nothing solid in her life, nothing she can hang on to. So why hang on?
Young Lady.....K.L. .....You ask about how did the step daughter know where Al Pacino (Vincent's) hotel room was......That wasn't a hotel room...It was Vincent's old place, where he use to live before he hooked up with wife number three..... I can only guess the little girl remembered and where the key was hidden....But no, there wasn't anything going on between the child and Vincent, if that's what you was thinking ...Believe it or not, there are some very good step fathers out there in the world, and they're doing a great and most of the time a thankless job...They keep on doing it day after day because that's what a man does...He provides for his family but we never hear of those good step fathers out in the world.... We only hear about the bad ones who weren't raised right and have no idea what it means to be a man or even what it really takes to be the head of the household....You can't fake not a bit of that....A real man can not be replaced...There's no permanent solution for a lack of fathers being in the home...You can only trade it off....Hey, I wonder what wise Godly man made this statement or even put it in his book..
Director Michael Mann went out on patrol with a LAPD cop for 6 months to get some real sense of the job and get ideas for the film. He also got the cast to have dinner with real life criminals to see how they interacted.
My favorite film of all time, this and Blade Runner. I saw Heat in the theater as a 10 year old with my father. It Inspired me to become a police officer, which I currently still am.
Her father really messed with her minds and with her unusually high anxiety, I think it pushed over the edge. Sometimes parents put their kids in very uncomfortable situations because of life or they just don’t care enough till it’s too late.
one of the few movies where I would have been just as satisfied if the bad guy won. seriously. If DeNiro took out Pacino at the end I'd have still considered this a masterpiece of filmmaking.
Difference between Ocean’s 11 and Heat, O11 is a popcorn flick, Heat is based in reality. Michael Mann always approaches his films from a gritty real world point of view. Also, KL not much for love being disappointed the girls didn’t turn on their guys. Again, a very real life reaction when people stay through other peoples crap. Not sure you’ll see this KL but here’s a heist movie I have yet to see any other reactors do…Bandits. Its stars Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, and Cate Blanchett. Great flick. Enjoyed your reaction. And no, this isn’t too long. 😉
Apparently, the 'She's got a GREAT ASS!' line was not supposed to be that big. Pacino was just getting annoyed at all the takes. Hank Azaria's shocked face was pretty much genuine.
1st I want to say I enjoyed your video and will check out more of your stuff going forward. 👍🏽 The diner scene with Deniro and Pacino is god tier for sure. Understated and less talked about is the shot on Deniro when he’s driving away (at first) with Eady and he shows all of his emotions processing that he could get away but ultimately choosing otherwise. Just a great bit. One last thing I wanted to mention was I don’t think Heat (as well as most of the best media from the “antihero” apex of 90s-00s) is meant to be viewed as a good guy/bad guy binary. I’d say in the last roughly 10-15 years or so more clearly binary stories have become the rage. I think it’s a pendulums swing from that 90s-00s antihero (grey characterization) era. Maybe GOT killed it, lol. Just saying I think many people today fret far too much about forcing grey stories into black and white holes because it’s what most stories are now, and maybe what many grew up on (MCU). I grew up on the greys, so my instinct is to view things from the opposite direction I suppose. There nothing wrong with good/bad stories, don’t get me wrong. Just that not all of them are as binary and don’t need to be as binary as others. Enjoyed your thoughts on the movie. Thanks!
The meeting actually happned in the story this is based on. Neil McCauley was a real person. Vincent is based on Chuck Adamson. During the investigation they bumped into each other and had coffee in a laundrette. The discussion was similar to this.
One of my Patreon members, Richard said: "Bestie enemies being bestie enemies. Maybe in another life they'll be actual bestie besties." 😂 And I agree! I can't wait to read your thoughts on this movie down below and thank you so much for watching! 😊 Check out the video description for ALL the links! Cheers. ❤
Best heist movie ever. Awesome that you enjoyed it.
Cinema history. Can't wait to catch the whole reaction after work.👏🏾👍🏾
Glad there wasn't a sequel called "Heat 2: Besties for Life! 💋✌️✌️!
@@genghisgalahad8465 😂😂
@kaiielle saw this probably 50 times never realized to you said it....she did play the mom in Casper lol... which is a great family film and I had a huge crush on Christina ricci
The beauty of "Heat" is the equality between the cops and the robbers. Both "teams" are smart, dedicated, experienced and very good at their jobs. And for the leaders of both sides, it's never personal. It's just their jobs. The diner scene is one of the best moments in film.
💯 Agreed, well said.
And it ruins the personal life of both sides.
when this movie came out it was hyped a lot as De Niro and Pacino finally sharing scenes together. When we finally get to the scene, so many directors would have been tempted to make it some big epic moment. Instead Michael Mann chose to do the most mundane scene and setting imaginable, and shot/edited in the most simplistic way possible, just basic shot reverse shot. No music. No action, just a conversation. And it's utterly riveting and perfect.
Two gangs fighting over the scraps
The classic 'Great Ass' line was improvised by Pacino. Mann was repeatedly making them reshoot the scene as he wanted some off script magic from Al and he finally got it when he went with the crazy eyed ad-lib. Hank Azaria's 'Jesus' reaction was genuine !
Did some quick calculations : Ashley Judd was about 27 when this movie was made, so , and I mean it with the greatest of respect, no doubt her butt was extremely fine back then ( heck , even now at 55-56, I'm sure it's still pretty good) 😊
The ending is just so beautiful. Hana just looks on to the distance knowing that his life will go back to the same mundane routine. He killed the one person who was similar to him and the one person who understood his life. In the end he’s somewhat saddened by the fact that he lost a formidable enemy.
Hana realizes that he had won a pyrhic victory. He lost his marriage, a stepchild he loved, and shot the only person who had ever understood him.
The late Tom Sizemore once said the final shot nails down the essence of male bonding and a sort of unspoken code men have for each other. "It's raw, it's real, it hits you right in the gut, and it's all true" was his quote. I always found that an interesting take.
That scene with the "Because she had a... GREAT ASSSSS!!!" pops into my head at the worst times and I have to choke down laughter. Just the psychotic look in Pacino's eyes when he says it and the face Hank Azaria makes... it's too perfect.
I think some other people may have mentioned this, but my take on the Lauren situation was that she was going through such extreme abandonment issues with her real father (which would be very intense at her age & that she would likely blame herself for), that she couldn't take another male father figure leaving her life. My assumption was that she found out about the impending divorce between Hanna and her mom and it was the last straw for her psychologically.
"I'm talking to an empty telephone..."
🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶😰 That was COLD
This whole movie is a masterpiece. The characters are expertly portrayed, and the pace of the film keeps pulling you to the next scene. Its so f***ing intense - I am SO glad you reacted to this movie!
This marked the first time Pacino and De Niro appeared on-screen together; they’d both acted in parallel timelines in The Godfather Part II, but they didn’t share scenes in a movie until they made Heat.
The bank heist street shootout sequence was so authentic and so detailed that it has been shown to U.S. Marine recruits as an example of perfect form under gunfire, a spot-on example of grace under fire.
In a behind-the-scenes featurette about Heat’s L.A. bank heist gunfight sequence, Val Kilmer says he had heard that when the moment his character reloads, Marine trainers tell recruits, “If you can’t change a clip as fast as this actor, get out of my army!”
That scene was as much for cinephiles as it was for the story. Two legends on screen. And it was perfect.
2 things: It’s a magazine, not a clip. And marines would never call the corps an army.
@@crispy_338 good for you, I wouldn't know, just passing on some QUOTES... hence the quotation marks 🤷♂️✌
@@graciefolden2359 I doubt it was a real quote, but we get the idea
I remember being in college two years (1997) after this came out in 1995 and watching the Live coverage of the North Hollywood shootout...running gun battle with automatic weapons and body armor used by robbers vs cops. It looked and felt eerily like this. It still sends chills for me because I knew officers on the force at the time.
Those robbers actually took ideas from this film, because it so accurately depicted police tactics. Oddly enough, when this was released, critics complained about the shootout being excessive and unrealistic, but after North Hollywood, everyone compared it to Heat. Funny how things twist around that way.
Neil’s girl is “Judging Amy”.. the series that was fairly popular back in the day. She’s been in other stuff throughout the years. I think she had a role in HBO’s The Leftovers as well.
The restaurant scene between DeNiro and Pacino is an absolute masterclass in acting. Somehow, despite the fact that one is into the movie, this scene is different and you become aware of the fact that you are watching something special. The "Sicilian Scene" from True Romance is similar in its phenomenally incredible acting.
The black detective you like also played Bubba in Forrest Gump.
Danny Trejo plays a character named Trejo. That's how bad-ass Danny Trejo is. He can't be anyone but Trejo. If he gets cast in a new STAR WARS spin-off, his character's name will be Darth Trejo.
Well he was in the Book of Boba Fett but I don't think they named the character.
The shoot out after the bank job scene is used by several military organisations as a good example of fire and manoeuvre. Not surprising as the whole thing was choreographed by Andy McNab, ex-SAS and leader of the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero mission in the first gulf war. Apparently Val Kilmer's reload drills were incredibly slick.
Oh awesome!!
the chat between Pacino and De Niro in the restaurant is just Legendary
As a former actor, I've always thought of that scene as a Master Class for the craft of screen acting..
12:45, for a man who advocates not getting too attached to people or things Neil is very attached to his crew. His attachment and love for them brings about his downfall.
His pride came before his fall. He could have left for the airport earlier instead of tying up the loose ends. What was done was already done, and killing those guys didn’t change anything for his crew. He let it get personal, and it cost him his escape.
The Suicide.. can we understand? Teen suicides, you know? They're tragic. They happen.
We know next to nothing about what goes on in her mind. We can only toy with the puzzle.
She does it in his hotel room. He is allowed to rescue her, should he come there.. but I think the intention was more; "mum won't have to be the one that finds me." We know he says her real father screwed her up, Lauren has obviously bonded well with Hanna, but I think she blames him for where the family is at. I think she feels unseen.. and could there be a stronger act of "do you see me now"? I think that's the reason for the location, because I think she's just given up on her mom.
And the reason for the scene? This movie is a reverse puzzle. They started with the idea of the final scene and built it from there.
I think the idea here then, is to make it utterly clear that he loves his family too, but also it makes him realize that his stepdaughter could get to this point without him realizing. He being an investigator that practically reads intentions missed how desperate the kid was. It makes him realize the realities of the situation.
I think we don't get to know because he doesn't get to know. We get to know everything he knows.. and he figures out so much about this crime gang, yet he knows so little of his family, and I think that's the perspective of the movie. Everything we see regarding the criminals are things he either already had figured out or eventually will figure out during the remainder of the investigation. His family doesn't get the same attention.
Girl, I had the exact same thought about the lack of hearing protection. 😂
The thing with Natalie Portman's character Lauren: I feel that they set up that she was a deeply disturbed/unstable person who clearly had abandonment issues with her father. With Pacino's character, Hannah, I think that while the mother felt that Hannah was not a stable presence in her life, Lauren perhaps felt that Hannah was a stable element, relatively speaking, in hers. There's that scene where Hannah picks up Lauren at the bus stop and Hannah's partner, Bosco, says, "Hi, Lauren," to which she says back, "Hey, Bosco." This indicated to me that she had more familiarity with Hannah than the movie showed elsewhere. I think him being a police officer and a fundamentally decent person probably gave her some sense of safety.
I surmise that Lauren was informed of the impending breakup betwixt Hannah and her mother, and this is what triggered her actions. While there is no scene to show how, I don't think it's too hard to imagine that her mother had his temporary contact info somewhere and Lauren saw it. She also easily could have called Hannah's job and got it from one of his co-workers who knew her - like Bosco. But, no, the movie doesn't show this. I'm okay with it because it puts you in Hannah's shoes; like him, we've been so focused on Hannah's job and catching the crooks that we forget that she existed for a minute. Part of the story of Lauren's young life, really.
It's funny when certain content creators heart my comment. I always want to heart their heart. Like, thanks for reading it. 🙂
I'll reply so you can like my reply! ☺️ Thanks for watching! And the explanation too.
It’s interesting to note most of the diner scene dialogue was improvised on the spot which isn’t unusual given the fact that it’s Pacino and De Niro. Two master craftsmen flexing their acting chops and it’s magnificent.
You don't really watch a Michael Mann movie, you let it wash over you, as you swim in it.
Collateral has the same sort of empty Mann style soul to it.
You can definitely see the influence of this on Chris Nolan's: the dark Knight
The movie has a clever structure and plot, but they are not the priority. The relationships, the economics and the sociology of these cops and criminals are what make this film endure as something more than a slick heist movie. Rare these days. The mid-90's were the last stand for big genre movies that weren't in a rush to deliver plot points at the expense of character and emotional build up.
This movie is one of my Top 3 movies of all time! It's the first movie i can remember that i was rooting for the bad guys, which is EXTRELEY rare for me.
Michael Mann is a genius! You should check out "Miami Vice". It's excellent.
Also...i use the line "i'm alone, i'm not lonely" at least once or twice a month...it's so accurate!
They didn't have info on Deniro at first because he had no attachments.
Everybody else had girlfriends wives and children.
I haven't watched your reaction yet but I thought that I'd mention that Val Kilmer's weapon skill on the shootout was textbook according to the military experts who reviewed the scene. It was implemented into training recruits. As a former Marine, I agree.
Lauren had a father who consistently abandoned her, and despite everything Vincent tried to be in her life (even if it was just picking her up)…she probably had seen a lot of men in her mom’s life, so when Vincent left (yet another abandonment), she decided to to find him and unalive herself to punish her mother for not seeing her either (and Vincent for not being the father she needed). Vincent loved Lauren and didn’t want her to be like any of the statistics that he’d seen time and again. But he still left her.
This movie was about two men obsessed with their chosen “callings”, to the point it destroyed everything around them. Both driven, professional and calculated…but ultimately, cold and oblivious to anything that could free them. Neither Vincent or Neil would ever stop doing what they do, for anyone.
Eady was truly lonely and felt connected to another lonely person like Neil. Even to her detriment, she believed he would quit the crime life. When she finally realized he wouldn’t, she was sitting alone in a car at a murder scene.
Thank you for that explanation about Lauren, makes a lot of sense.
@@kaiielle It wasn’t explored much in the movie itself, but there were subtleties that I discovered after multiple viewings. Lauren was a damaged child and she was trying to find a father to see her. Hers was one of the saddest side stories.
@@DavidWilson-ip3bl i think that was the point. She was neglected by all her parent figures, who were all absorbed by their own foibles. She is also neglected by the plot and fittingly surprises everyone
Lauren's suicide attempt is an exclamation point on the way both Vincent and Neil are consumed by their professions. We know she's been struggling, but she fades into the background for us the same way she does for Vincent as he is snapping closer and closer at Neil's heels - the movie is building to this climactic confrontation, in a way you as a movie viewer are very familiar with, everything's getting more and more intense and focused on going in for the kill, and then all that is swept away when he finds Lauren in the bathtub. A (neo noir) reminder that there are other things, outside the chase. That's how I take it, anyhow
More Michael Mann! The Insider (1999), Thief (1981) and Manhunter (1986) at least are essential. His entire filmography (give or take) is about fraternal codes of honour, mutual respect in violent professions, the prison of masculinity and so on, so I'm sure if you liked Heat you would like his others
Also the asshole diner owner, Bud Cort, starred in the best romcom of all time back in the 70s, Harold and Maude, which I recommend to everyone in my life at every opportunity
Harold and Maude is great!
It sad that Vincent had to kill the one person that understood him the most. It that bond between the two that pushes this film to the greatest heist movie and greatest crime film of all time.
I love how into the intense moments you were. You looked like you were figuratively on the edge of your seat! Although I'm not sure you can ever completely get past the length, I do predict that during the edit and on the rewatch, you'll pick up on new elements and/or reconsider your thoughts on certain events. You might have even missed a little bit while talking, which would be very understandable. Thanks for another great video and for the wonderful honesty and genuineness, as always.
Thanks so much!
The uneasy feeling of yin and yang never goes away when watching this movie again and again. You will always feel off-balance. There's the bad guy who is sometimes too good, and the good guy who is sometimes not good enough. Every innocent life matters until it doesn't. The practical effects of the 90s also hit differently. I hope you keep doing what you're doing KL, because you're beautiful and I love your reactions!
Christmas 1995. Saw it with my then ex wife. We were all blown away. Everyone in the theater was just stunned beyond words. Excellent movie. Thank you for your reaction.
One of my favorite action movies from my childhood!
The shootout scene is one of the most realistic and well done action sequences in film history!
RE: Runtime - were you *bored?* Did you *zone out* at any point? What would you cut?
A typical crime thriller would just be about Vincent and Neil's gang. This movie is longer because of how much time we spend with their families and loved ones. Those scenes are *why* this movie is exceptional compared to every other cops-and-robbers movie and why this is considered one of the best ones ever. It's true, Michael Mann shootouts and action sequences are exceptional in and of themselves, (the bank robbery sequence is one of the best ever) but in-context, knowing what the stakes were, not just to the characters but to everyone in their lives, makes it so much more intense. They didn't have to give us all that backstory about the wheelman being out on parole and getting screwed over at his rehab-job and feeling like he didn't deserve the love and respect of such a supportive partner, but it made you really feel it when he didn't make it.
Wasn't bored, didn't zone out, just felt that a lot of scenes without dialogue were on the long side, and I reaaaally noticed that when I was editing this. Again, just a personal preference. There are a few movies with the same runtime that I love, including my favourite movie of all-time, which many do consider a bore/snooze fest lmao
@@kaiielle "a lot of scenes without dialogue were on the long side"
That's about *immersion.* The city is as much a character as any of the humans in the story. There's all sorts of universe-building and character development being shown in background details that you'll notice more and more each time.
Since you're interested in the story that inspired it and if you want to know why certain creative decisions were made I urge you to find the DVD/Blu-Ray audio director's comentary version. You'll be amazed at how much is actually happening in those quiet scenes you felt were too slow. Mann is a true crime nut and all of his stuff is exhaustively researched and hearing his thought process is illuminating for anyone interested in film-making craft in general but in crime movies and true-crime stories especially.
Yes, I noticed this in editing. I still maintain this opinion.
I still remember seeing this in the cinema when it came out - 90 minutes of chess moves and buildup, the bank job is all slightly tense but calm, and then it just *explodes* into the street fight. It's this relentless scene of incredible sound and violence, and everyone in the theatre was just ".....woah."
Took me 3-4 rewatches to really appreciate the whole thing, I think. :)
PROBABLY MY FAVORITE FILM.
CHARACTERS. DRAMA. ACTION. PERFECTION
This is one of the top ten movies where I exited the theater emotionally and physically spent. I hadn't recovered by the next morning. And no, I was sober.
That'll be a post for ya' KL. Top ten movies that left you emotionally and/or physically drained.
Favourite crime film of all time. Gorgeous cinematography, incredible performances, weighty themes🤌
💯 Perfetto 🤌
What makes this film good is that its a slow burn but it is still has u invested because its building character growth in all the characters. Btw the detective who got shot in the neck is the same actor who plays buffalo bill in silence of the lambs if u seen that before.
That reaction is on my channel!
After playing Buffalo Bill, he has gone on to play a law enforcement officer in a lot of movies and TV. He was also a cop in the original Fast And Furious with Paul Walker.
@@BDogg2023 yeah I think he was on that TV show monk
michael mann is a master filmmaker. he did the last of the mohicans a couple of years before heat i really wish it would be shown again at the cinemas to give people a chance to see it on the big screen. and other older movies
Revenge is an attachment, and he couldn't walk away from it...
"The only thing I like about that man, is his eyes."
Sometimes that's all you need. 0_-
"Those guys are wearing no ear protection..."
LOL. My dad let me shoot a 3006 with no ear protection, only one time, when I was young and it gave me tinnitus for life, so good observation. Great reaction.
the chaotic bank robbery shoot out is one the greatest action scene made. If you got proper audio devices, it becomes God tier action scene that you will feel your bottom (as does your neighbour)
There’s a UA-cam video of Tom Hiddleston doing impressions on a Graham Norton episode. DeNiro was also on the panel, and part of Tom’s routine was Pacino AND DeNiro in the diner scene. ❤❤🔫
Nice reaction KL! But also…a shout out to your editor. Long one to cut down, and they seemingly captured all the good parts.
I’m writing this, as you wrap up…and afa Lauren: she’s obviously a mixed-up kid. For example, the way she absolutely freaks when she can’t find her barrettes; and the way her birth dad is constantly letting her down. Keep up the good work!
I do all the editing myself, so thank you so much for the compliment. ☺️ This one was a chore to edit haha 😂
This movie is amazing. I love that it has both Al Pacino and Robert Deniro.
I feel like the little girl tried to unalive herself was because her dad was completely absent and the only dad she knew was going to go away too. She went to his room to be close to him before she did it.
Neil may be bad guy but he is a very likable bad guy. Weingro was the true bad guy. He screwed up the initial robbery that was supposed to be victimless . Not to mention that he is a serial killer. The ending was amazing but I would have liked every outcome. Neil winning or both walking away
I agree completely.
In the back story of this movie, Neil is a former Marine just like Hanna. So it’s not surprising that he went back under fire to save Chris. That old training and credo of never leave anyone behind kicked in.
I think their common background is also why Hanna tries to reach out to Neil to tell him to stop. He didn’t want to end someone who he could have easily served with in the Corps.
"I told you I'm never going back." 💔😭😭😭
Neil stared at Eady after their first night together for so long because (IMO) he's thinking to himself..."what the fuck did I just do?" Neil is all about no attachments, as you see in his house he has NO furniture, because they're attachments. He's single because an SO is an attachment. So he stared because he's like shit, I now have what is the beginning of an attachment. It's now a monkey wrench thrown into his long-term plans.
Hi Kaielle . I know someone already told you about this being Robert De Niro and Al Pacino s first time on film together so I will say, I loved the camera s pov on both of them as they are talking and love how immersed you were in it with your hand on you r chin.
I watched the movie again but I paid attention to your facial expressions as I watched, the focus, the eye movement and the little subtle things like the way you touch your face, laugh (I'm sure that sounds weird ) it let's me know how into it you are.
I miss Ashley Judd (Charlene) acting, I know she's retired now and was more focused on her AID work . Donald was played by Dennis Haysbert who you may know from The All State commercials and who also played the President in The Kiefer Sutherland series 24.
The shootout scene with Tom Sizemore (RIP) taking the little girl plus Lauren's unalive scene really got you, I did laugh when you said you bitch you actual bitch and then called him a Dick.
You recognized Angelina Jolies dad Jon Voight I'm guessing (guy with the long hair and mustache)
You brought the Heat to this reaction and you do to all your reactions.
Lauren didn't try to kill herself in his hotel room, that was his apartment, he still had his apartment from before he met his mom, and the fact he kept it shows that on some level he probably knew it wouldn't work out. She likely had a key as he was more or less on the level of her step-dad at that point, and given her troubles she had likely spent time there before.
That was definitely a hotel room. If you look at main door when he walks in you can see the old rate sheets they used to post on hotel room doors. Also, the bathroom is a hotel bathroom with the white towels in the chrome towel holder that were in tons of hotels back in the 90s. My feeling is that even with the long run time of this movie that they didn't do a good job of explaining how Lauren knew where he was staying. It's pretty clear to us that Lauren and Vincent have a good relationship. She's is obviously troubled by the fact that her dad doesn't show up and her mom has all kinds of trouble, so she went to the hotel and tried to kill herself because Vincent was the one person who she knew would pay attention. They movie just doesn't show us how she knew where he would be staying. Unless it's a hotel the LAPD uses a lot and she knew he'd be there. Anyway, she's the innocent casualty of all the madness in this movie.
Saw this in theaters with my brother and the shoot out in the streets while the bank heist went down was AWESOME!!!! The song at the end is one of my favorites to relax to. This is one of my favorite movies.
KL, thank you for watching yet another amazing movie. I hope that you will eventually re-watch and come away with a different feel for it.
I love this movie, it's not really a "heist movie", it's a crime/drama filled with lots characters and plenty of character development.
This is not a movie with a lot "slick" moments, where you get a bunch of cliche' lines and winks and nods from the actors.
Instead, you get a character study from a bunch of people both on the right and wrong sides of life who have their own personal flaws, and for me that makes it more real than other movies of this type. The writing is superb, as is the acting.
One thing that I enjoy watching from reactors to this movie is that they know going in that Pacino, DeNiro and Kilmer are in it, but then they see all these other familiar faces with smaller roles.
Hey, it's Jon Voight & Natalie Portman & Tom Sizemore & Ted Levine & William Fichter & Diane Venora & Mykelti Williamson & Kevin Gage & Ashley Judd & Danny Trejo & Amy Brenneman!
I could go on and on about this movie, but I don't write a novel, and most of your fans will tell you a lot about the key moments in this film. So, instead I'll leave you with this fun fact.....
William Fichtner, the actor who plays Roger Van Zant, had a conversation with director Michael Mann about his character. Not knowing what Van Zant's fate would be, he stated that, "If I end up getting killed in this movie, then I want it to be while I'm watching hockey." Fichtner is from Buffalo, New York and grew up watching a lot of hockey. Sure enough, when DeNiro breaks into his home, he's sitting on the couch watching hockey. Thank you again, KL!
All Mann movies should be watched! Starting with thief, and the SECOND yes I said second Hannibal lecktor movie, Manhunter! (First was a almost passing mention in a movie by Brian DePalma, Dressed To Kill) so do that one first, then Manhunter, before any other Hannibal lecktor movies. Mann's style is highly stylized, great scene and dialogue shots, great background music. If u watch Ryan Gosling in Drive, u will see that director watched every Michael Mann movie!
A lot of people seem to root for Neil McCauley. I'm probably in that camp. Yeah he's a bad guy but he has a code, I guess. That makes him more rootable.
The magic of the movie is that you root for both sides and you want them all to win but you know that somebody has to lose.
Neil was outside of his class, going head to head with Vincent. Vincent was a trained Marine and marksman. He was a professional. Neil was a very good amateur gunman, but he was a thief first, not a soldier. Vincent was a soldier.
If you like audiobooks, Michael Mann actually co-wrote a sequel called Heat 2, takes place before and after the events of the film. Ive listened to it a bunch of times, it's VERY good.
Thank you for the recommendation!
@@kaiielle Thank you for this reaction! Really enjoyed your take on the film :). I will check your channel for other reactions sometime soon.
Got to see this in the theater my Freshman year of college. The shootout in that setting was amazing. Word of it made it around campus super quick and I think every guy on campus saw it at least once. It was one of those first 2 VHS tape movies due to its length. It will probably be my favorite movies until the end of time.
For another excellent bank robbery film, you should check out ‘Inside Man’ with Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster. And also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
33:46 This shootout makes the sound of dead silence more deafening than the sound of all those rounds being fired.
I believe Heat was originally imagined as a mini series before streaming made them popular. I’ve read that is the reason the movie seems to take a long time to ramp up. There was supposed to be a lot more backstory for secondary characters. No one wanted to buy it as a series so they just made it a feature film and cut a ton of footage. There is an extended version of the film but there may be hours of lost footage. What I’ve heard about the sequel coming out does not impress me. If shows like The Wire and True Detective are so popular, it’s a shame that Heat wasn’t developed the way it was intended. Knowing all that I can forgive a lot of the confusing quirks of the film.
It's a remake of "LA Takedown" a TV movie that was a proposed pilot for new series that didn't get picked up. Essentially a West Coast version of Miami Vice.
@@chrisleebowers It's good it didn't work out . As for this Michael Mann had a much bigger budget , and could get the right actors . It was night and day between the 2 films .
is this the best ending of all time?? I mean the final shot and the music........so good
It's a very good ending!
25:21 That line was ad-libbed. Hank Azaria's look was genuine, he didn't know Pacino was gonna do that.
Awesome vid! I always love seeing people discover what I feel is without qualifier on of my Top 15 all time movies & one of the best heist & crime media ever made. I rarely see people walking away from watching this without being blown away. I’d definitely recommend the other heist movie Michael Mann made before this called - Thief (1980)! Heat just edges it out as my personal favorite but still Thief is an incredible film! Also since high stakes thrillers are on my mind I’d also recommend giving the film Sorcerer (1977) a shot too. It’s not a heist film but I consider it one of the best & yet also most underrated thrillers of all time. Excellent & unappreciated film.
One of my all time fave film. That shot out in the streets was one of all time fave scenes
I agree that the coffee shop seen is the best part of the movie. Normally you would not see a cop sit down with a criminal over coffee. But that was the only way the writers could put these two in the same room together and have a dialogue. It was absolutely brilliant.
On another note, I agree that the movie was a little slow in the middle and a lot could have been cut out. Other than that, this goes down is one of the greatest films of the decade.
One of the best shootouts in all of film. Also the gunshots were not sound effects those are the way they sounded during filming. The city streets caused them to echo and the director felt this was perfect and realistic. Which it is.
This is my all time favorite movie. One of the best crime films ever made.
It’s important to appreciate good bank vault packing technique.
I used to pack cash (closing shifts at a bank) so it was super noticeable to me. 🤣
My favorite movie of all time. Thank you for reacting to it.
Fun fact. The Marines and some units in the Army used the reloading scene in the firefight to teach proper techniques. This is what happens when you hire GOOD technical advisers.
Mikelti Williamson (Sgt Drucker) played Bubba in Forrest Gump. ❤
I’ve appreciated this movie more and more the older I get. Legendary cast with a lot of grit. The diner scene with Patrino and De Niro is 💯🔥also those gun sounds in the shootout with police so realistic
I always enjoy your reactions.
As awesome as Pacino is in this he still isn't as scary as DeNiro is.Holy does he look serious and dangerous in this! Glad you enjoyed it so much. It's a great movie. Thanks, see you again soon.
The army and Marines taught the bank shootout scene for decades, as the proper way to break out of an ambush. Neal was a real bank robber. Mann has been thinking of a prequel, for 30 years!
My 2nd favorite film of all time. It's simply frigging epic. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.
First saw this movie when I was like 17 when it came out. I’m old. Took me until about a year ago to realize it’s “Waingro” as one name and not “Wayne Grow” lol. Been dropping inside jokes to myself about having to “get it on” for years and never knew the scumbag’s name.
One of the great films, the diner scene is one of the great scenes of all time
Love the music at the end as he holds his hand . Moving
I haven't seen this movie in forever! The one thing I do remember is how long it is 😅 So I feel ya Kaiielle! This movie has some big name actors though! It also has great actors in smaller roles too. Everyone in their prime. Heat is definitely an iconic movie.
Love this film. De Niro is great, as well as the rest of the cast, but I was always partial to Pacino’s ferocious and sometimes comedic performance. He said in the script, which the actual film never mentions, is that his character Detective Vincent Hanna, actually has a bit of a cocaine habit to keep him sharp and the edge, which explains his ferocious performance:) Love it:)
21:39 He was thinking about what Jimmy McElwain used to say: have no attachments, have nothing in your life you can't walk out on in 30 seconds flat or less if you spot the heat around the corner. At this point in the film, he hasn't yet spotted the heat around the corner. But in this scene, he is having serious doubts as whether he could walk out on her like that if he did spot the heat, which in his line of work is a real likelihood. He is starting to need her, and he might not have the discipline it takes to walk out on her if it came to that. It's an added risk, and he knows it. He has been proud of his own discipline on this matter, but Eady is sorely testing it. Who can blame him? 30 year-old Amy Brenneman? Uh, yes please.
As far as Lauren's attempt on her own life goes, she is a troubled young woman trying to keep her family together, if only in her own mind. She feels she has to be perfect for her real dad to keep him from abandoning her, so missing barrettes is a reason for crisis and tears. Lauren sees that her mother is aloof and does not have these fears, almost as if she does not care that Lauren is being abandoned, so she is all the more alone, misunderstood, and left to twist in the wind by her own parents. Her fears of abandonment are shown to be valid after her dad "didn't show, didn't call." She is being forgotten by her own father, who really is a "large-type asshole." And now, her stepfather is leaving as well. That she knows Vincent's colleagues by name shows that she has a connection there to other possible father figures, if only tangentially. But even those will go away after Vincent leaves her and her mom, just like her real dad did. There is nothing solid in her life, nothing she can hang on to. So why hang on?
Young Lady.....K.L. .....You ask about how did the step daughter know where Al Pacino (Vincent's) hotel room was......That wasn't a hotel room...It was Vincent's old place, where he use to live before he hooked up with wife number three..... I can only guess the little girl remembered and where the key was hidden....But no, there wasn't anything going on between the child and Vincent, if that's what you was thinking ...Believe it or not, there are some very good step fathers out there in the world, and they're doing a great and most of the time a thankless job...They keep on doing it day after day because that's what a man does...He provides for his family but we never hear of those good step fathers out in the world.... We only hear about the bad ones who weren't raised right and have no idea what it means to be a man or even what it really takes to be the head of the household....You can't fake not a bit of that....A real man can not be replaced...There's no permanent solution for a lack of fathers being in the home...You can only trade it off....Hey, I wonder what wise Godly man made this statement or even put it in his book..
Director Michael Mann went out on patrol with a LAPD cop for 6 months to get some real sense of the job and get ideas for the film. He also got the cast to have dinner with real life criminals to see how they interacted.
14:18 - That's Anthony Smith, a.k.a. "Tone Loc." His distinctive voice can be found in songs like "Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing".
10:47 Gimme ALL YA GOT! GIMME ALL YA GOT!!! Classic Al Pacino!
My favorite film of all time, this and Blade Runner. I saw Heat in the theater as a 10 year old with my father. It Inspired me to become a police officer, which I currently still am.
GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT, GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT!
The Ocean guys are like a scaple. These guys are a sledgehammer.
Her father really messed with her minds and with her unusually high anxiety, I think it pushed over the edge. Sometimes parents put their kids in very uncomfortable situations because of life or they just don’t care enough till it’s too late.
one of the few movies where I would have been just as satisfied if the bad guy won. seriously. If DeNiro took out Pacino at the end I'd have still considered this a masterpiece of filmmaking.
Difference between Ocean’s 11 and Heat, O11 is a popcorn flick, Heat is based in reality. Michael Mann always approaches his films from a gritty real world point of view. Also, KL not much for love being disappointed the girls didn’t turn on their guys. Again, a very real life reaction when people stay through other peoples crap. Not sure you’ll see this KL but here’s a heist movie I have yet to see any other reactors do…Bandits. Its stars Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, and Cate Blanchett. Great flick. Enjoyed your reaction. And no, this isn’t too long. 😉
39:20 Yep he is from Con Air and Forest Gump
TMI: this movie was released a few weeks prior to that bank heist in the 90's "North Hollywood BOA shooting."
90s classic. Another great heist movie is 'Destroyer' with Nicole Kidman. One of her best roles.
Apparently, the 'She's got a GREAT ASS!' line was not supposed to be that big. Pacino was just getting annoyed at all the takes. Hank Azaria's shocked face was pretty much genuine.
Great movie
1st I want to say I enjoyed your video and will check out more of your stuff going forward. 👍🏽
The diner scene with Deniro and Pacino is god tier for sure. Understated and less talked about is the shot on Deniro when he’s driving away (at first) with Eady and he shows all of his emotions processing that he could get away but ultimately choosing otherwise. Just a great bit.
One last thing I wanted to mention was I don’t think Heat (as well as most of the best media from the “antihero” apex of 90s-00s) is meant to be viewed as a good guy/bad guy binary. I’d say in the last roughly 10-15 years or so more clearly binary stories have become the rage. I think it’s a pendulums swing from that 90s-00s antihero (grey characterization) era. Maybe GOT killed it, lol. Just saying I think many people today fret far too much about forcing grey stories into black and white holes because it’s what most stories are now, and maybe what many grew up on (MCU). I grew up on the greys, so my instinct is to view things from the opposite direction I suppose. There nothing wrong with good/bad stories, don’t get me wrong. Just that not all of them are as binary and don’t need to be as binary as others.
Enjoyed your thoughts on the movie. Thanks!
The meeting actually happned in the story this is based on. Neil McCauley was a real person. Vincent is based on Chuck Adamson. During the investigation they bumped into each other and had coffee in a laundrette. The discussion was similar to this.