The Movie: Heat is one of my favorite movies of all time. I saw it at least five times when it was showing in the theaters, acquired a copy on video cassette long before it was released on video, and have owned the DVD, twice. But what's not to like? This movie has great action, great characters, great acting... and stars both Robert De Niro and Al Pacino!

I'm not going to break down the story to you, I'm just going to say you should invest the three hours it will take you to watch this movie. Someone on the riceboypage message board noted that one thing they really liked about this movie was the realism of the gun play -- noting that the actors looked like they really knew how to handle the weapons, and that the sounds were spot-on perfect, not just canned gunfire sounds.

Yes, it is a long movie, but it isn't in a way that makes you feel like it's dragging at any point. In fact, for me, the longest part of the movie is at the very beginning where Al Pacino's character is making out with his wife... I didn't really want to see that so close up hahaha. But yeah, it's a great movie, filled with a lot of really great quotable lines. I like it :)

The DVD: This DVD features a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation of the film, which is of above average quality. I've seen better, but I've definitely seen a whole lot worse. Where this DVD really shines though is in the 5.1 soundtrack... it's obvious that a lot of attention was paid to the soundtrack and the surround soundstage is rich with depth and detail.

Special features include three theatrical trailers (all in anamorphic widescreen, woohoo!), and I think that's about it. This DVD is all about the movie, and what a great movie it is.