Poorly made gangster movie

Rating: 3/10 (1 March 2010)

I was very disappointed in this movie. I was shocked at how sloppy this movie was, especially being directed by Michael Mann. There is almost no attention to detail, and it's so distracting. It starts from the very beginning, where the movie puts you right in the middle of some sort of jailbreak scene... they make no attempt to explain what the hell is going on. The sound is poorly done, there are parts where the sound is overwhelming (most of the gunfights) and parts where you can barely hear what is being said. People mumble a lot, you completely miss parts. There are no time/date/location stamps on any scene in the movie. It's very hard to figure out where you are, what's happening and who you are seeing do it. The cinematography is atrocious. There are whole scenes that are just a jumbled mess. One other beef I had is the casting of too many similar-looking people. There are so many middle-aged white men in this movie, you can't keep track of who's who. I really wanted to like this movie, but I just didn't. Poorly done.