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Heat

Heat - in which Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer are crime friends while Al Pacino investigates their crimes. Val Kilmer and DeNiro are good friends and good bank robbers, and they usually have Tom Sizemore on their team, but they need a 4th for this new job, so they bring on someone they shouldn't trust. They first hold up an armored car in a very organized manner, but the 4th guy is stupid and reckless and he kills one of the drivers, so they have to kill all of them. This is sad for the drivers, and for DeNiro, who doesn't like to murder, but strongly prefers it to being in jail. They get away with this crime, but Al Pacino starts to investigate them, which pulls him away from his mean wife and needy step-daughter. Pacino is an amazing detective, and starts to put the pieces together, eventually, and when the guys go to do one more big job, he is ready to catch them.

 Oh! Val Kilmer has a tough relationship and a gambling problem, so he asks his friends to do the last job for him. After the robbery, the cops pick up his girlfriend and pressure her into luring Kilmer into a trap, but she gives him the 'keep driving' secret signal and he gets away. Pacino tracks down DeNiro and traps him on the airport tarmac. They both have guns and shoot at each other, DeNiro gets shot and cannot escape. Earlier, on the street after the bank robbery, they all have one of the biggest and loudest gun fights of all cinema. Very epic.


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