Heat

"One of the greatest crime films of all time."

"A career high point for pretty much everyone involved."

"26 years after it was released, I'm not sure that Heat has ever been bettered as an action film, or as a crime drama."

"A cat-and-mouse game played by experts."

"An intelligent and exciting actioner absolutely jam-packed with great moments."

"(Mann) binds sound, music and pictures into one hypnotic triaxial cable and plugs it right into your brain."

"Michael Mann's writing and direction elevate this material. It's not just an action picture."

"Heat is in the cop-movie pantheon with Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, and that's as "right" as the genre gets."

"A sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving."

"Stunningly made and incisively acted by a large and terrific cast."

"Heat packs more into one cop movie than the entire genre output of the last five years."

"An unusually articulate action thriller."

"As Heat progresses, its sensational looks pale beside storytelling weaknesses."

"This is simply the best American crime movie -- and indeed, one of the finest movies, period -- in over a decade."

"Heat has it all."

"All the squealing tires, flying bullets and falling bodies cannot save Heat from drowning in its own banalities."

"Heat is an ''epic'' that feels like a stunt."

"Becomes consistently more interesting as it forges on toward the 180-minute mark."

"It has craft, pacing, and an overall sense of proportion, three pretty rare classic virtues nowadays."

"The real honours go to Val Kilmer and Ashley Judd as a warring, loving couple."

"Grim, tough and racy."

"Odd though often entertaining."