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The ''first'' movie billed almost entirely on featuring [[Al Pacino]] and [[Robert De Niro]] together. ''[[Heat]]'' is a 1995 Michael Mann film about the relationship between a cop and the criminal he's investigating. Pacino plays Lieutenant Vincent Hanna, of Robbery and Homicide, on the trail of master thief Neil McCauley (De Niro). Neil lives by one rule: when you feel the heat, you walk away. Never become attached to anything you can't leave behind in 30 seconds.
Both men are masters of their professions, but struggle with their personal lives. Hanna wrestles with his family, while Neil is forced to admit (to himself rather than anyone else) he may have feelings for the woman he's been seeing. The tangles of their personal and professional lives become messier as Neil reunites his crew for one last gig, a retirement send-off.
Despite the action trappings, the drama of the film comes from the internal strife of the two characters. On one hand, Vincent is obsessive about his job and oblivious to his failing marriage. On the other, Neil is successful and has nearly everything he wants, but is still painfully lonely. Neither man is happy or fulfilled, and each is looking in all the wrong places to find those missing pieces.
This is the film that helped put director Michael Mann (''[[Collateral]], [[Miami Vice]], [[Public Enemies]]'') on the map.
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] the Burt Reynolds movie of [[The
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* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Lots, actually, but the scene where Vincent and Neil have a coffee and discuss their lives is probably one of the most iconic in cinema. It helps that it's the first time Robert De Niro and Al Pacino appeared in the same scene together in a film.▼
* [[Agitated Item Stomping]] : The poor television set did [[Punctuated!
▲* [[Action Film Quiet Drama Scene]]: Lots, actually, but the scene where Vincent and Neil have a coffee and discuss their lives is probably one of the most iconic in cinema. It helps that it's the first time Robert De Niro and Al Pacino appeared in the same scene together in a film.
* [[All There in
* [[Arc Words]]: The quote on top of this page; it's McCauley's credo in regards to his line of work. Disregarding it has disastrous consequences for any who pull it.
▲* [[Agitated Item Stomping]] : The poor television set did [[Punctuated for Emphasis|NOT]] deserve it.
* [[Bank Robbery]]:
* [[Beard of Evil]]: It is no coincidence that Neil has a natty little goatee while Hanna is clean shaven. Waingro, who is clearly evil, has the bigger beard.
▲* [[All There in The Script]]: In the original draft, Hanna was explained to have been a habitual cocaine user, thus enabling him to keep his "edge" at all times. This is never mentioned in the film, but Pacino used it in his performance anyway, thus offering some justification for his at times rather hammy performance.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
▲* [[Arc Words]]: The quote on top of this page; it's McCauley's credo in regards to his line of work. Disregarding it has disastrous consequences for any who pull it.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Both played straight and subverted - {{spoiler|Breaden is the first of the crooks to die during the shootout after the bank heist, but Drucker is one of the cops left standing.}}
▲* [[Bank Robbery]] - the last job Neil plans is a bank heist, meant to be a pre-retirement gig. {{spoiler|It doesn't go well.}}
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: During the heist scene, the villains reload exactly once, despite having only 30-round clips. If you look carefully, however, you can see see them partway through the motions of reloading a few times.
▲* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - {{spoiler|Vincent gets his man...at the expense of Neil's life. Bosko, Cheritto and Breaden are killed during the botched heist. Trejo and his wife are brutally tortured, the latter succumbing to her injuries and the former mercy-killed by Neil. Chris survives but has to abandon his family. Vincent is also very close to a divorce but it's left somewhat ambiguous.}}
* [[
* [[
▲* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: During the heist scene, the villains reload exactly once, despite having only 30-round clips. If you look carefully, however, you can see see them partway through the motions of reloading a few times.
* [[Death Glare]]: Cheritto delivers a very cool one to dissuade fellow diners from noticing Waingro getting beaten up.
* [[Diner Brawl]]: A really vicious one happens in a diner parking lot between Neil and a thug.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: The unseen father of Vincent's stepdaughter is clearly a selfish jerk not interested in her, but she nevertheless yearns to make a connection with him.
* [[Disposable Sex Worker]]
* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]
* [[Dueling Stars Movie]]
* [[Foil]]: Vincent and Neil.
* [[Go
* [[Grey and Grey Morality]]
* [[Gun Porn]]: Much less typical "Gun Porn" and more like "Proper Firearms Procedure And Close Quarters Battle Porn."
* [[Gut Feeling]]: "Neil is still here. I can feel it."
* [[Honor Among Thieves]]
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Told you I'm never going back."
* [[
* [[Karmic Death]]: Admit it, you cheered when McCauley gave Waingro the Mozambique Drill (two in the chest, one in the head) treatment.
* [[Large Ham]]
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"She's got a... ''GREAT ASS!!'' And you got your head ''ALL THE WAY UP IT!'' [[Lampshade Hanging|Ferocious, aren't I?]]"
"You do ''NOT!'' GET to ''WATCH!'' ''[[Punctuated!
"I had COFFEE with McCauley '''''HALF AN HOUR AGO!'''''" }}
* [[Married to
* [[Mercy Kill]]: Neil when he kills Trejo.
* [[Noble Demon]]: Neil. He is a ruthless, violent criminal willing to commit murder when it is necessary, but he takes no pleasure in it and makes every effort to minimize innocent casualties as much as possible. One gets the idea that he'd be a pretty decent guy in a different profession.
* [[Not So Different]]
** A memorable scene occurs when Neil and Vincent sit down at a cafe together and reach this very conclusion.
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'''Neil:''' Neither do I.
'''Vincent:''' I don't much want to, either.
'''Neil:''' Neither do I. }}
** Hanna also shares a lot with Chris Shiherlis in terms that their marriages are falling apart, with both of their wives cheating on them.
** One scene has the cops go out to dinner with their families at a nice restaurant. Another scene has the criminals go out to dinner with ''their'' families.
* [[One
* [[One Last Job]]
▲* [[One Scene Wonder]]: Unusually, it's a one scene ''pairing''. The two lead characters spend the whole movie plotting against one another, but never meet and aren't on screen together except for one great scene where they sit down and have coffee (see [[Not So Different]]) and the final showdown. Notable, because it's the first time Pacino and De Niro ever did a scene together.
* [[Paper
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Rabid Cop]]: Vincent's basic routine around criminals is to [[Obfuscating Insanity|act like an especially eccentric version of this]] until he scares/confuses them into telling him something useful. An early script draft showed Hanna as a cocaine addict, explaining his random outbursts. Even though it was removed from the script, [[Word of God|Al Pacino]] still used it as his starting point.
* [[Rape
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]:
** {{spoiler|Neil has an opportunity to leave the country with his girlfriend and leave behind his life of crime forever. However, he jeopardizes (and ultimately destroys) that opportunity just so he pay back Waingro for betraying him and killing his friend. It goes against his personal code of dropping everything if the "heat" is on. He can't drop the revenge, and it prevents his escape.}}
** Roger van Zant would have collected 100% on the insurance for his stolen bearer bonds ''and'' made an extra 40% by buying back the bonds from Neil and his crew at a discount. Instead,
* [[Semper Fi]]
* [[Shown Their Work]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGym1iVaWoY A pistol press check, use of a breaching shotgun, room clearing]
** Use of cover during the bank shootout. Neil and Chris Shiherlis both stand behind cars facing a police blockade, putting the engine blocks between themselves and gunfire from that direction.
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** Even a bounding overwatch: when Neil's crew is split in the bank firefight, they provide suppressive fire for each other in an alternating advance up the street.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Waingro certainly seems to think he's badass, but in reality he has no brains and can't overpower anybody unless he's holding a Star Megastar pistol at a deafened and unarmed guard or bashing in the head of an underage prostitute.
* [[Steel Ear Drums]]:
** Averted in the armored car robbery scene. Waingro starts yelling at the guards, even pistol-whipping the first guard in frustration, only to have Cheritto point out that there's a ''reason'' they have blood coming out of their ears (the guards were deafened from Shiherlis blowing open the back doors; and since Waingro was wearing a hockey mask they couldn't even tell he was talking at all).
** Played straight early in the bank shootout. Neil and company suffer no hearing damage from firing inside the space of their getaway vehicle.
* [[Title Drop]]: The [[Arc Words]].
* [[Tragic Mistake]]:
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* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Neil is arguably more one of these than he is an Antagonist. Waingro is a polar opposite.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Or having dinner with their families, in this case.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]
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