Michael Mann is a director celebrated for taut, visually striking crime thrillers such as Heat and Collateral, often exploring the psychology of obsession and professional excellence. I have reviewed 6 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 2.5★
Michael Mann has been making films about men who are very good at dangerous jobs since Thief (1981), and the preoccupations he established there, the professional codes, the neon-drenched urban landscapes, the slow accumulation of pressure before violence arrives, have followed him through everything since. Miami Vice (2006) is,
Rating: 3.5★
Michael Mann has spent the better part of four decades making Los Angeles his own particular territory, and Collateral (2004) sits squarely in that tradition. Where Heat spread itself across the city in daylight and shadow over nearly three hours, this film compresses everything into a single night, a single
Genre Action
★★★½ — The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Genre Crime
★★★ — Manhunter (1986)
Genre Crime
★★★½ — Thief (1981)
Genre Crime
★★★★★ — Heat (1995)
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