With all the terrible performances they’ve given in forgettable movies over the past few decades, it can be easy to forget just how brilliant actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino really are.
While they both still offer occasional glimpses of their formidable abilities, as far as I’m concerned, the last truly great performance from either actor came in the same movie 30 years ago: “Heat.”
De Niro and Pacino shared the screen for the first time in writer-director Michael Mann’s brilliant crime thriller, and their showdown remains just as fascinating to watch now as it was in 1995.
De Niro and Pacino are at the center of “Heat,” playing a master thief and the committed cop tracking him down, but there’s far more to Mann’s epic film than two acting legends at the top of their game. It’s one of the best crime movies ever made, and it’s now
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