In advance of this Wednesday’s release of Public Enemies I thought it was only fitting to take a look back at the films from director Michael Mann and see how they would sort themselves out in a quick ranking session and what a wild last few days it has been.
On Thursday, last week, I saw Public Enemies, later that night I watched Manhunter, the next day I watched Thief and The Last of the Mohicans — then the weekend arrived. In a matter of 48 hours I watched Heat, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice and Collateral all in an attempt to make sure my mind was completely refreshed and ready to sort things out.
You will notice I am only ranking nine films since I have never seen The Keep (1983) and it wasn’t available through Netflix so I had to leave it out. I’m also not ranking any of his made-for-TV films such as “The Jericho Mile,” which I have also not seen and it too is not available on Netflix. So, I feel you are now up-to-speed and fully prepared as I run down my ranking of Mann’s films and hope you will do the same in the comments, since I am sure there will be some differences of opinion. Let’s get into it…
