Post by pacinoyes on Apr 19, 2018 9:14:16 GMT
I don't love the ending but the ending is ok.........and everything else is amazing and essential Mann to me. There are so many classic Mann touches in the film - mostly related to what a great writer he is - Robert Prosky's brilliant speech standing over Caan is worthy of David Mamet, Caan and his self loathing to the adoption woman where his money can't make him legit in that world and his amazing dismissal scene of Weld which not only rings true but precedes Heat for the thoughts behind the criminal mindset.
It's not Heat but it's at least as good as Collateral for sure to me.....and because it was early on in his career it seemed more fresh and less formulaic too.....and of course the score is simultaneously icy and haunting.
