The best (post) bank robbery action scene ever made

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2005)

An excellent cop/gangster film, with the best bank robbery action scene ever made, well-shot, intense with a holding-the-camera feel to the action, simply superb.
Seeing some of the organisation of a bank robbery, and then the action itself, reminds you of the day-dreams you had as a teenager of pulling such a job yourself! Emerging from the bank, and finding themselves basically surrounded, rather than adopting a defencive posture the gang advance on the surrounding police, opening up with M16s, and you can't help wanting them to win :)
Michael Mann makes his combat scenes tense and realistic.
A man's film that takes us into the thoughts and motives of the main protagonists, it is easy to empathise with either of them in different ways and for different reasons.
A good film all in all with lots of nice touches.