Today I review Heat from my collection of divorce, child custody and child support related movies.
Heat [1995] - Written and directed by Michael Mann. This action thriller pits Al Pacino as an LA detective against Robert De Niro as the leader of a high stakes burglary team. The firm opens with a brazen and deadly armoured car heist and culminates with the mono-e-mono confrontation between the two lead characters following a charged shoot-out during a bank heist. A strong support cast and well developed characters by Mann make this an excellent cops and robbers film.
On of De Niro's squad, played by Val Kilmer, is married to and has a son with Ashley Judd. Problem with Kilmer is his gambling and consistent loses which leave Judd without the funds to maintain the lifestyle she desires. Add to the mix her extra-marital affairs and the stage is set for a child custody battle. Pacino is paired with a single mom and her daughter. The daughter desperately seeks to maintain a relationship with her birth father but he is a regular disappointment who never appears for scheduled parenting time. At the same time, her mom and Pacino struggle with the demands of police and his absence from family life. The mental anguish proves to be too much for the young lady.
The divorce and custody related issues are presented in a very natural forum that subtly prods the viewer without making these a focus of the film. Mann does an outstanding job of including controversial custody matter in the film without making a controversy of the subject. Dante Spinotti is dead on as usual in bringing the viewer closer to the action without dizzying in-your-face camera work.
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