I was in LA in '95 doing one of those ultra touristy guided tours of the sights when our guide said "you're really lucky, they're actually filming a new movie on this street at the moment". Turned out to be Heat and the legendary running gun battle. Classic film.

​WTF?!!! Maybe you'd prefer POLICE ACADEMY 7: MISSION TO MOSCOW.

What?

really good film,rubbish ending.

Good review of the blu ray here....Heat: Director's Definitive Edition Blu-ray Review

Check out Amazon's reviews and blu-ray.com's forums. Consensus is that it's an awful remaster. Heavily cropped and the colours are way off.

edit- Check here if you want to compare for yourself. A poster from blu-ray.com has even compared the new remaster to the original negatives and has said that the older masters are far closer.

That said, if you liked it and you didn't pay that much for it, then that's cool.

I was in Glasgow store on Monday and they did not have any.

Vincent Hanna: My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so ****** up because her real father's this large-type a**hole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
Neil McCauley: A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?

It's a difficult film for me as you can tell.:laughing:

A reply so good you had to post it twice!

top film :smiley:

he was a thief and the bad guy, either they both died at the end or they both got away, but no, look , society dictated how this film ends not common sense and story telling.

it ended like that because he was a thief and the supposed bad guy, look into it as much as you want, either they both die at the end or none of them. the story didnt dictate the ending, society did, it is that simple.

He knew the risks. He didn't have to be there... it rains - you get wet.

One of the very few films that really nails the audio for a gun battle.

I was in LA in '95 doing one of those ultra touristy guided tours of the sights when our guide said "you're really lucky, they're actually filming a new movie on this street at the moment". Turned out to be Heat and the legendary running gun battle. Classic film.

Im in it for the juice

for less money, we could be watching Heat.

I looked at it slightly differently - Hanna couldn't change track, costing him marriages along the way. McAuley, on the other hand, would have survived and gotten away clean if he HAD stayed on the "no attachments, nothing in your life..." track. His feeling for Brenneman's character (can't recall her name in it - maybe the one genuine criticism of the film is that the female roles are a little underpowered), his need to get revenge on Waingro are what cost him.

Owned this on DVD and now blu-ray. Do I really need it again?

Transfer looks like crap when you do a direct comparison. They've ruined the colours.

Great price for what it is, definitely worth getting if you don't already have it. Sadly though it's a really underwhelming remaster, hence it being so cheap despite only coming out last week.

My take (SPOILERS):
It ended exactly as it was meant to given the characters.
Both characters are on a one way course which they cannot deviate from because of their nature. They both know where it leads but feel compelled to stick to their destructive habits because it's all they know. Bob dies at the end because that's his path. His career as a high profile thief is always going to end in his death especially when he is faced with pursuit by someone as determined and single minded as Al. The consolation is that Bob doesn't die alone. Al will most likely dies alone with no hope of companionship at the end.

Just look at the end where Bob has a chance to get away. with his companion. Does he take it? No he gives in to his nature and knows where it will lead. He even finds himself making the call to drop everything and walk away when the heat is on by walking away from his companion to run.

They cannot change their behaviors or their paths no matter how much they try. Bob was always going to die being a thief. Al was always going to die alone, having given everything to his job.

Remember this on region 1 DVD on my first home cinema set up with a CRT TV! Brilliant gun battles. Heat for um heat

God no! It's in mint condition mate (OCD) Took the photo on floor of Slaters next door to fopp :smile:

Also glad to see its not only my laminate flooring that has large gaps in it.

really good film,rubbish ending.

still a rubbish ending

Apparently Andy McNab from the SAS was on set adviser for the gun battles which accounts for the realism not only for the way the actors handled the weapons but also the awesome sound of the gun battle.

Not as good as "The Heat" with Melissa McCarthy

Heat for heat.

Nice glad they have made this, the original Blu ray was so disappointing in terms of quality :P one of the best films ever! Cheers Op :smiley:

Remastering this would mean pacino dying and Bob getting away with the fit young girl, then maybe I'll purchase. The way it should of been ...actually no messing about at the airport at all....the most politically correct end of all time.

this and ronin :smile:

One of my favourite 'watching cops get killed' movies.

Timeless classic, great story, good actors top director! One of my all time favourites! Heat added didn't even know there was a directors cut!

I can confirm this was also in the Edinburgh store as purchased a copy this morning... although currently sold out

So many great lines! Top film

I'm sure I only seen this advertised the other day on pre-order for £10.99 Great price, great movie, hopefully they've got some left on Sunday when I'll be down Manchester to watch Hidden Figures on a SFF freebie :smiley:

great find op, HEAT :smiley:

nice. heat added

Pitty they don't deliver