A crime masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2008)

This film will never cease to keeping me, or anyone else who loves well written, character-driven, and all around effective films - so involved and astonished. Michael Mann creates (actually, it's really all there already) a whole world through his attentive eye to details, distinctive characters, and just astonishing cinematography. He knows the meaning of balance, and knows just when to show certain characters in order to move everything to a certain point. Never throughout the film I felt something lagged. Each scene is brought in, and is dealt with in a way that always moves the story forward. That's perfect film-making. A definite masterpiece of the crime genre, and it's no wonder why Nolan is tipping his hat to this grandiose piece of work in The Dark Knight.