HEAT (1995) BLU-RAY REVIEW

Michael Mann's HEAT is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of the 1990's. This police thriller is a favorite of many film fans.

Looking at it again, it still holds up. Possibly even better because of the cast, many of whom weren't quite as well known almost 15 years ago.

Aside from the legendary teaming of Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, there is Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, and even Jeremy Piven.

Finally on Blu-Ray, the film looks gorgeous. The scenes of night time Los Angeles look stunning.

The back of the Blu-Ray states that the film contains "New content changes supervised by Director Michael Mann.". The film runs 170 minutes, one minute less than the stated running time in other sources. Not having seen the film since the theatrical release, I was unable to notice what the difference was, if there was any.



WHAT IS ON THE BLU-RAY?

All the special features from this film, I believe, have been taken from the previous DVD releases as they all have a 2005 copyright.

The extras are:

A commentary with Michael Mann.

THE MAKING OF HEAT (59:13) - Making of feature divided into three parts TRUE CRIME, CRIME STORIES, and INTO THE FIRE.

PACINO AND DENIRO: THE CONVERSATION (9:54) - A talk about the famous scene.

RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (12:02) - A look at the LA locations today.

DELETED SCENES (9:31) - Eleven deleted scenes.

THEATRICAL TRAILERS (6:44) - Three trailers for the film.

SHOULD I BUY IT?

As stated, HEAT is one of the most acclaimed films of the 90's. If you are one of those fans, you will love the Blu-Ray.

HEAT will be available on Blu-Ray on November 10, 2009 from Warner Home Video.