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Four times the action, suspense and double-dealing with the combination pack of "Heat," "Heist," "L.A. Confidential" and "Swordfish." "Heat" - When Al Pacino and Robert De Niro square off, "Heat" sizzles. Written and directed by Michael Mann, "Heat" includes dazzling set pieces and a bank heist that USA Today's Mike Clark calls "the greatest action scene of recent times." It also offers "the most impressive collection of actors in one movie this year" (Newsweek). Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore and Ashley Judd are among the memorable supporting players in this tale of a brilliant L.A. cop (Pacino) following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by an equally brilliant master thief (De Niro). "Heat" goes way beyond the expectations of the cops-and-criminals genre - and into the realm of movie masterpiece. "Heist" - Gene Hackman plays the veteran ringleader of a gang of thieves (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife) that pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his son (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. Mistrust runs rampant as double-crosses threaten the split-second operation. "L.A. Confidential" - "L.A. Confidential" is "tough, gorgeous and vastly entertaining" (James Maslin, The New York Times) and won 1997 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson). Three cops, a call girl, a mysterious millionaire, a tabloid journalist fuel a labyrinthine plot rife with mystery, ambition, romance and humor. "Swordfish" - When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed "Swordfish" in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion.