Monday, May 21, 2012

Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
     Al Pacino       ...Lt. Vincent Hanna
     Robert De Niro    ...Neil McCauley
     Val Kilmer                             ...Chris Shiherlis
     Jon Voight                            ...Nate
     Tom Sizemore       ...Michael Cheritto
     Diane Venora       ...Justine Hanna
     Amy Brenneman                 ...Eady
     Ashley Judd       ...Charlene Shiherlis
     Mykelti Williamson            ...Sergeant Drucker
     Wes Studi    ...Detective Casals
     Ted Levine        ...Bosko
     Dennis Haysbert    ...Donald Breedan
     William Fichtner              ...Roger Van Zant
     Natalie Portman        ...Lauren Gustafson
     Tom Noonan                    ...Kelso

Storyline

Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending.