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A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs, such as banks and armored cars. He's very good at what he does; he's bright, methodical, and has honed his skills as a thief at the expense of his personal life, vowing never to get involved in a relationship from which he couldn't walk away in 30 seconds. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) is an L.A.P.D. detective determined to catch McCauley, but while McCauley's personal code has forced him to do without a wife and children, Hanna's dedication has made a wreck of the home he's tried to have; he's been divorced twice, he's all but a stranger to his third wife, and he has no idea how to reach out to his troubled step-daughter. While McCauley has enough money to retire and is planning to move to New Zealand, he loves the thrill of robbery as much as the profit, and is blocking out plans for one more job; meanwhile, he's met a woman, Eady (Amy Brenneman), whom he's not so sure he can walk away from. The supporting cast includes Val Kilmer as Chris, one of McCauley's partners; Ashley Judd as his wife Charlene; Jon Voight as Nate; Hank Azaria as Alan Marciano; and Henry Rollins as Hugh, who is beaten up by Hanna. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by brokenfilms
July 9, 2006 - 12:30 AM PDT
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0 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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| Pacino. DeNiro. What happened? No real tension. No real scenes between the two -- too long. |
| beautiful picture.
by psychodrama311
June 22, 2003 - 10:46 PM PDT
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with all the hype around pacino and de niro. you forget the fact that kilmer, sizemore, fichtner, trejo, voight, portman, and judd.. with each of them playing vital part's to plot lines. and oh man.. the plot.. while this picture plays like out like a bank robbery film.. it is much more.. it's and intense character study of cop who doesn't know how to be anything else. a crew leader, who is good at nothing else. a husband who is a gambler. his wife who is cheating on him. with more character flaws then ever. this moving plays out the selfish role of not giving anyone.. a arc that most movies flesh out. bad guy turns good. good cop finds his soul. none of that..
with a bunch of players finding their roads at the end of the line. they are all under.. you guessed it.. heat. |
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