Critics Club 28: Mann

[Neon Ignition]

Michael Mann is the next director we look towards, another director with a fairly light CV for directorial movie projects but he's managed to build a fan base for his work. Which is his best film though?

[Baseley09]

Nice, The Keep for me underrated euro horror

[Asura]

Gonna say it, even though it'll probably call down the thunder and fury, but I think Heat is overrated.

The whole Pacino/DeNiro thing is great, and both have good performances and are a pleasure to watch, but I've always felt the rest of the film around them is flat.

[Atticus]

The Keep is mental I've not seen it for nearly 20 years. Wish it'd get some kind of release on blu-ray.

[Darwock]

I have a dodgy VCD copy of The Keep, it is truly awesome but the effects would probably look like crap in HD. I vote it best for the soundtrack, which had nothing to do with the director...

[originalbadboy]

Gonna say it, even though it'll probably call down the thunder and fury, but I think Heat is overrated.

The whole Pacino/DeNiro thing is great, and both have good performances and are a pleasure to watch, but I've always felt the rest of the film around them is flat.

Fair enough each to his own I guess ..

I still think its excellent, my only real beef with it being its an exact rip off of La Takedown.

Collateral is probably the other contender, but for me Heat is a classic film, if you ignore the rip off.

[Baseley09]

I didnt know you couldnt get The Keep on DVD or Bluray, ive only got a crappy rip, now lusting after the LD version.

[Mr Ono]

Heat was good but Mohicans is a film I just love.

[CMcK]

Fair enough each to his own I guess ..

I still think its excellent, my only real beef with it being its an exact rip off of La Takedown.

Collateral is probably the other contender, but for me Heat is a classic film, if you ignore the rip off.

Michael Mann did make LA Takedown so was free to remake it. Any reason it isn't on the poll list?

[Neon Ignition]

It ended up being left off as I've restricted the polls to just cinematic directorial stuff, LA Takedown was a tv movie so didn't qualify. It's interesting seeing how much tv work all these directors have been involved in

[PaTaito]

Voted HEAT, too many great things about that film including the best shootout ever in a movie...but The Insider was brilliant too.

[Atticus]

Heads up; The Keep is on Film 4 tomorrow night.

[Baseley09]

Heads up; The Keep is on Film 4 tomorrow night.

Nice one.

If they have a decent transfer of it why cant they release it on retail?!

[wakka]

The Keep is a truly nutty film. I watched it on Laserdisc rip a couple of years back.

[Leon Retro]

I voted for 'The Keep', which is a film I've really liked since seeing it on TV as a little kid. It used to be on TV quite a lot in the late-80s and 90s. There's something strangely hypnotic about it that appeals to me.

I watched 'Thief' last week and really enjoyed it. It's quite a gritty film in some ways, but also very slick. It really stands the test of time.

I haven't watched 'Manhunter' for a long time, but I remember thinking it was good years ago.

The Last of the Mohicans is a really good film, although I've only watched it once.

I know that lots of people love Heat, but I remember watching it and thinking it was good, but I haven't watched it since.

I've watched Collateral a few times and really rate it highly as a great piece of entertainment.

Public Enemies is a decent film that I enjoyed quite a lot. I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did.

When I watched Miami Vice, I came away thinking it was rubbish. I haven't given it another watch. I've got the huge box set of the original tv series, though, and think it's great.