
Robert de Niro and Al Pacino have acted opposite each other only once, in Heat, Michael Mann's operatic 1995 heist thriller. De Niro is Neil McCauley, a skilled professional thief at the centre of a tight-knit criminal team; Pacino is Vincent Hanna, the haunted, driven...

For Nick James, the pleasures and virtues of this film are mixed and complex. Its precise compositions and minimalist style are entangled with a particular kind of extravagant bombast. The complexities add to the interest of this ambitious film.