One is a cop, the other a thief. Both are demanding perfectionists; both are about to tear a city apart. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) is a brilliant LA cop whose obsession with his work has all but destroyed his personal life. Investigating a brutal armed robbery leads him to a gang lead by hardened professional criminal Neil McCauley.
The heat closes in on McCauley and his crew, leading to a meeting of minds and a shattering collision from which few will emerge unscathed.
Boasting one of the greatest heist sequences ever commited to film, and an electric face-to-face stand off between screen titans De Niro and Pacino, this 1995 Los Angeles crime saga is widely considered Mann’s magnum opus, and went on to become a major influence for Christopher Nolan’s similarly revered The Dark Knight.