Now here is something completely out of left field. For our final Summer Special movie we decided to watch the 1995 Michael Mann classic Heat. This one is a bit out of joint with what we usually cover here, but since it is a summer movie, one I actually had seen when I was a kid, a film Randy had never seen, and that we wanted to end this with a big bang, there were few other choices we could truly go with.
That said, Heat is almost three hours long yet doesn't feel like it. The movie contains elements of every genre from crime to cop drama to outright action movie to even character drama and doesn't miss a bit along the way. It holds up incredibly well, far too well actually, to the point that it puts modern movies in its mold to shame. Check out the episode to see how.
This might be a tab bit out of our usual range of movies, but it hardly matters. Heat is still a classic and one of the best films of the 1990s. Watch it today.
And that is it for our long Summer Special! We will taking the next two weeks off to get our backlog back into shape after a rough summer, then we will continue with the second half of the season. We've got much more coming! Until then, enjoy these last days of summer and get ready for autumn. I think we could all do with a bit cooler weather. Summer can't last forever, but the memories can. See you for the next one!
Randy's Score: 5/5
JD's Score: 5/5
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The heist scenes in 'Heat' are brilliantly executed. Neil's team is proficient at what they do, and nothing is explained as we just sit back and watch them work: The brute force, the technology, the efficiency, and the guts to walk away from a job.
ReplyDeleteThere's another DeNiro heist movie, 'The Score', that takes a similar approach but it's not as brilliantly executed as in 'Heat'.