‘Heat’
Writer-director Michael Mann and a superlative cast have taken a classic heist movie rife with familiar genre elements and created a satisfying story of the battle of wills between master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro, left) and LAPD detective Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). With Val Kilmer (right) (Cinemax Friday at 10 p.m.).
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