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Heat 2: the thrilling new crime novel by award-winning film-maker Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner - an explosive return to the world of his film Heat - a No1 New York Times bestseller

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And while the characters are mostly super well written, there were specific moments that didn't meet my movie-expectations. Look, Heat might be famous for the real life robberies it inspired and for *that* shooting scene that’s apparently shown to Marines as part of their training - but what always stands out to me is how the movie succeeds in humanizing fairly violent ‘bad guys’ without ever glamorising or romanticising them. Unfortunatley that approach is not always there in Shiherlis’s sequel story (a bit too much heroism for my taste) - and especially not in McCauley’s origin story, which I found unconvincing and overly romanticised (it reads more like run-of-the-mill fan fiction than anything). Operatic in scope, HEAT 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic - a masterpiece of crime fiction from one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. The Edgar-winning thriller author talks serial killers, archetypes, Nine Inch Nails, and the city of Los Angeles. August 1, 2022

First things first: if you haven’t seen Michael Mann’s 1995 unhinged, 3h long heist movie, you probably won't get much out of the book (although I’d love to be proven wrong!). It’s a solid crime novel with great plot and pacing, but relies on readers being familiar with the actors’ (superb) portrayal of the main characters. What do I think? Well, I think, NO, I KNOW, that this is the best crime novel ever written. 5 Stars? Give me a break. You can't praise this incredibly written storytelling masterpiece highly enough. It's a vast epic that is so smart, so well informed, so beautifully constructed, that I wish I could send Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner a crate of champagne for the time spent in losing myself in the world of Vincent Hanna, Neil McCauley, Chris Shiherlis and the countless incisively drawn characters in this propulsive magnum opus. If there is a more evil bad guy in literature than Otis Wardell, I don't want to be on the same planet with him.I read this in one bite. The book moves at a feverish pace, and there are three set pieces -- a fight between cops and crooks in a Chicago home, a robbery at a Mexican count house, and a shootout on the streets of Los Angeles -- that I can't wait to see on screen. I also will give the authors credit for creating a villain that comes as close to being as hissable as anything in recent crime fiction. Guys will literally watch Heat instead of going to therapy. Trust me on this, I'm guys. Heat is a fantastic movie, Mann an incredible director of crime and action, and the movie is gorgeously shot and full of top-tier performances, from Pacino's deranged detective Vincent Hanna, to De Niro's professional and tactical criminal mastermind Neil McCauley, and Val Kilmer's icy gunman Chris Shiherlis. The movie is perfect and self contained, and doesn't really need a sequel. The original 1995 pic starred Pacino, Robert De Niro as McCauley and Val Kilmer as Shiherlis. While it was a solid hit, it has since become a revered crime classic with a global following, and this development is sure to get fans excited.

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, Manhunter, and Miami Vice, teams up with Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat — an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the iconic film. Ive seen the film Heat a few times but not for a long time, so, the night before I decided to start this book I re-watched this fantastic film just to familiarize myself with the characters again. As Actors Strike Drags On, NY Film Festival Offers A Tale Of Two Premieres: ‘Ferrari’ Brings Adam Driver & Penélope Cruz, While ‘The Curse’ Duo Benny Safdie & Nathan Fielder Dodge Spotlight The NCERT syllabus mainly focuses on this book to make it student-friendly to make it useful for both the students and the competitive exam aspirants. The book covers a detailed Science based on the syllabuses of various boards. NCERT Science Books for Class 7 is perfectly compatible with almost every Indian education state and central boards. Now in this new book the story of the surviving bankrobber Chris tells his tale post HEAT and also about the life before the movie about two other heists one which went wrong because of a sadistic outsider who wanted to rip of the crew after one of its jobs.Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, Manhunter, and Miami Vice, teams up with Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel—an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat—an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the iconic film. If you love Neo-noir -like I do- It doesn't get any better than this. If you don't, then I'd give it a hard pass. No one in this book walks, they all glide or cruise. No one gets in and out of cars, they all "slide in" and "roll out", etc. If dude-lit was a thing - this would be the definition of It. Mann co-wrote “ Heat 2” with Edgar-winning crime writer Meg Gardiner. The novel includes events both before and after the first film, including an origin story for Neil as a rising criminal battling PTSD after returning from serving in the Vietnam War.

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