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Heat 2 is coming – as the novel that serves as both a prequel and sequel to the classic 1995 Los Angeles crime saga Heat with writer-director Michael Mann

Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer in Heat Credit: Alamy It’s a long way from behind enemy lines in Iraq to Hollywood pool parties but that’s the journey made by veteran SAS sergeant Steven Mitchell - better known by his pseudonym Andy McNab. And it was all thanks to Robert De Niro reading his book while bored on a film set. “De Niro read Bravo Two Zero while he was shooting something in Australia and said to [Heat director] Michael Mann: ‘Can we see if this guy wants to come over? He seems to know what he’s talking about’,” recalls McNab. “A recommendation from De Niro - it doesn�...

FacebookTwitterEmail Released in 1995 to critical acclaim, Michael Mann’s heist-thriller “Heat” represents quite a few cinematic turning points. It’s the first time that Hollywood legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino shared a scene. It’s also one of the last times Pacino turned in a real acting performance before he began simply showing up on set and screaming his lines as loud as he could. But it’s probably most remembered for its downtown LA gunfight scene, which is all but guaranteed to show up on any list of “realistic” action sequences. In an article published in 2019, Bu...

Warner Bros. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had been in the same movie before. But they play characters from different time periods in The Godfather Part II. In 1995, writer/director Michael Mann gave the two legends an opportunity to appear together onscreen for the first time. The movie was Heat, and fans of the film know the coffee shop scene as perhaps the movie's signature moment.  However, Heat is much more than one moment. It's an all-time heist film, created with a realism that's not for the faint of heart. Want to test out your new sound system? Watch the bank robbery sequence an...