taking this from another forum I posted a while back
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner”
What an incredible film.. I watched it a couple days ago and to me its still the most epic and ambitious crime film of all time.
Now i want to differentiate something real quick. I don't think its the greatest crime film, in terms of overall quality. There a bunch of scorsese crime films and others that i would rate above Heat. But in terms of scale I think its the biggest that I have seen
A loose definition of Organized Crime is several individuals acting in concert to conduct an ongoing criminal enterprise,so it could be interpreted as such.
Under the common usage,we tend to think of organized crime in terms of the Italian Mafia / Cosa Nostra.
Given that interpretation,I wouldn't call it an OC film.
However,I absolutely agree that it one of the best Heist/Caper movies ever. It is in the vein of the Ocean's series,Layer Cake,and Ronin.to name a few,but it rises so far above all of them.
Until something else comes along,(if that's even possible),I concur with your spot-on characterization of this being the definitive winner.
Re: To this day no crime film has felt as epic as Heat
[Re: FireHawk]
#1021087 10/02/2107:22 PM10/02/2107:22 PM
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It is the best heist movie out there.
"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green
Re: To this day no crime film has felt as epic as Heat
[Re: Giacomo_Vacari]
#1021389 10/08/2103:32 PM10/08/2103:32 PM
I love the film because it was visually incredible, pure cinematic art. Michael Mann at his best! For years he has been toying with the idea for a prequel.