Another valued contribution by Mann

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2004)

Excellent character development, pacing, and photography have become the hallmarks of a Mann movie. I had eagerly anticipated this movie for months.
My only regret was that I knew too much about it before I saw it. It would have been soooooo delicious to have experienced it without thinking "oh this is where such and such from the previews is about to happen."
One other aspect that Mann brings to his filmography of action sequences is the sense of 'witnessing' the event. His camera angles, timing, and audio effects combine to provide the ideal experience of an eyewitness.
If you have not done so, go back and watch his movies with a particular eye towards the realism he brings to 'your experience'. He is right there with masters... Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Scorsese.