Tag Archives: michael mann

Ferrari (2023)

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin (Based on the book “Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine” by Brock Yates)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2023, accident, adam driver, adaptation, affair, Andrea Iervolino, automobile, biography, brock yates, business, car, car crash, company, crash, daniel pemberton, death, derek hill, drama, driver, driving, enzo ferrari, Erik Messerschmidt, ferrari, gabriel leone, gareth west, history, italian, italy, jack o'connell, John Friedberg, John Lesher, Lars Sylvest, Laura Rister, leonardo caimi, marie savare, marriage, michael mann, michele savoia, mille miglia, Monika Bacardi, P.J. van Sandwijk, patrick dempsey, penelope cruz, pietro scalia, race, racer, racing, shailene woodley, Thomas Hayslip, Thorsten Schumacher, troy kennedy martin, true story | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Miami Vice (2006)

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the TV series created by Anthony Yerkovich) Theatrical cut. Gets better every time.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2006, action, adaptation, anthony yerkovich, barry shabaka henley, boats, ciaran hinds, colin farrell, cop, crime, cuba, dion beebe, domenick lombardozzi, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, elizabeth rodriguez, fbi, florida, gong li, havana, informant, investigation, jamie foxx, john hawkes, john murphy, john ortiz, justin theroux, li gong, luis tosar, miami, miami vice, michael mann, mojito, naomie harris, paul rubell, pieter jan brugge, police, ricardo tubbs, sonny crockett, television, thriller, tv, undercover, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Collateral (2004)

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Stuart Beattie Great!

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2004, action, assassin, barry shabaka henley, bruce mcgill, cab, california, collateral, contract killer, crime, debi mazar, dion beebe, drama, driver, frank darabont, Hitman, hostage, irma p. hall, jada pinkett smith, james newton howard, jamie foxx, Jason Statham, javier bardem, jim miller, julie richardson, lawyer, los angeles, mark ruffalo, michael mann, murder, murderer, night, paul cameron, paul rubell, peter berg, stuart beattie, taxi, thriller, tom cruise, witness | Leave a comment

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

The Insider (1999)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the Vanity Fair article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Great!

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, adaptation, al pacino, biography, bracken meyer, brown & williamson, bruce mcgill, cancer, cbs, christopher plummer, cigarettes, colm feore, corporation, court, dante spinotti, david rosenbloom, debi mazar, diane venora, eric roth, gina gershon, interview, jeffrey wigand, journalism, journalist, kentucky, lawyer, lindsay crouse, lisa gerrard, lowell bergman, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, nda, news, paul rubell, philip baker hall, pieter bourke, pieter jan brugge, producer, rip torn, russell crowe, school, science, scientist, smoking, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, television, the insider, the man who knew too much, tobacco, true story, tv, vanity fair, whistleblower, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Heat (1995)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann One of the greats! Love it!

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1995, action, affair, al pacino, amy brenneman, armored car, art linson, ashley judd, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bud cort, california, cop, crime, criminal, danny trejo, dante spinotti, dennis haysbert, diane venora, diner, dov hoenig, drama, elliot goldenthal, gang, hank azaria, heist, henry rollins, investigation, jeremy piven, jon voight, kevin gage, los angeles, martin ferrero, mask, michael mann, murder, mykelti williamson, natalie portman, pasquale buba, police, robbery, robert de niro, shootout, suicide attempt, ted levine, thief, thriller, tom noonan, tom rolf, tom sizemore, tone loc, val kilmer, wes studi, william fichtner, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe (Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper) Director’s Cut. Had not seen this in quite a while. Pretty good!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1750s, 1992, action, adaptation, adventure, army, arthur schmidt, battle, christopher crowe, colm meaney, colonialism, daniel day-lewis, daniel moore, dante spinotti, dov hoenig, drama, dylan baker, eric schweig, french and indian war, hawkeye, history, hunt lowry, james fenimore cooper, jared harris, jodhi may, john l. balderston, last of the mohicans, love, madeleine stowe, michael mann, military, murder, native american, paul perez, pete postlethwaite, philip dunne, randy edelman, revenge, romance, russell means, sisters, steven waddington, suicide, the last of the mohicans, trapper, trevor jones, war, wes studi | Leave a comment

L.A. Takedown (1989)

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann Not great but interesting to see how Mann took his own 90 minute TV movie and then remade it into the epic crime classic Heat.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1989, action, alex mcarthur, bank, bank robber, bank robbers, bank robbery, california, cop, crime, daniel baldwin, detective, dov noenig, drama, gang, heist, hockey mask, l.a. takedown, los angeles, michael mann, michael rooker, patrick markey, police, robbery, ron garcia, ronal victor garcia, scott plank, shootout, thriller, tim truman, tv movie, vincent gustaferro | Leave a comment

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