On December 15, 1995, Michael Mann gave the world one of the greatest heist films of all time and an amazing ‘90s movie that is still influencing pop culture with the release of Heat. Known as the first movie to feature Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in a scene together (they never appeared together in The Godfather Part II), this landmark action flick broke new ground for the genre and introduced audiences to some of the most iconic movie characters of all time.
With one of the biggest films of 1995 about to celebrate its 30th birthday, I’ve gone back and watched what I consider one of Mann’s crowning achievements (it’s a toss-up between this and Thief) to see how things hold up. Spoiler: this movie still rocks, still has the loudest shootout of all time, and still has one of the meanest movie villains of all time.
