Mann's movies - doesn't tend to work out the shooting scenes well

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2004)

I am a big of Michael Mann's movies. However I recently watched 'Thief' and after watching Collateral - I have found that he doesn't tend to sort the logistics well in the plot with regards to the shooting scenes. The protagonist in his movies tends to rely on luck in order to survive extreme shooting scenes. It implies to me that either his writers or the director have not fired a hand gun very often. Jamie Foxx's character's action in the last couple of scenes was almost insulting to the audience's intelligence. Why did Tom Cruise's Vincent - didn't shield himself from the shooting in the train like he did in the club? It just defies logic... James Caan's character in 'Thief' comes up with a incredible shots in a outnumbered firefight. He shouldn't have survived... just like Al Pacino shouldn't have seen Robert DeNiro in last scene of 'Heat'. Michael seems rush to end his action movies sometimes but the audience get cheated. Vincent should have killed the Cab driver Max a long time ago. The good guy doesn't always have to win. The movies would have been more edgy if the Mark Ruffalo's character doesn't get shot but tracks down the case while Vincent kills all 6 objectives including Max as the 'patsy'.