25 Years Later, One of the Greatest Crime Thrillers Ever Made Is Free on Streaming

Cinema is full of high-stakes character dualities. Heat pits a veteran bank robber, McCauley (Robert De Niro), against a ruthless detective named Hanna (Al Pacino) in a cat-and-mouse game set across Los Angeles, while Michael Mann’s later Collateral forces an ordinary cabbie (Jamie Foxx) to confront a professional killer (Tom Cruise) in the same guise. Katherine Bigelow’s Point Break tempts a young lawman (Keanu Reeves) with the criminal underworld he’s sent to infiltrate through the suave surfer Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).