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April 6th, 2008 | by Referral Site |
"1. HEAT (1995) Robert De Niro and Al Pacino trade licks as master criminal and dauntless detective, respectively. Michael Mann’s three-hour opus doesn’t skimp on action — witness the devastating shootout in downtown Los Angeles as a clockwork-perfect bank robbery spills uncontrollably into the streets — but is also stylish, sombre, mesmerizing and masterfully taciturn. 2. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) Curtis Hanson’s adaptation of author James Ellroy’s sprawling noir fiction is set in 1950s Hollywood, but its themes — corrupt cops, fleeting justice, the under-belly of Hollywood glamour — feels electrifyingly contemporary. Hanson’s film is propulsive, literate and crammed with crackling performances: Guy Pearce as a ramrod-straight newbie, Kim Basinger as a high-end hooker, Kevin Spacey as a cop with stars in his eyes and Russell Crowe as the volcanic, brutally persuasive detective Bud White."
