SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 250 movie!

[europe1]

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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.

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Candidates:

LA Takedown (1989)

Director: Michael Mann

Stars: Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker

Premise: Tough Los Angeles cop Vincent Hanna takes on a gang of professional bank robbers led by the precise, enigmatic Patrick McLaren.




The Keep (1983)

Director: Michael Mann

Stars: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Alberta Watson

Premise: Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.




Manhunter (1986)

Director: Michael Mann

Stars: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen

Premise: Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.




The Insider (1999)

Director: Michael Mann

Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer

Premise: A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.



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[HARRISON_3]

LA Takedown?

Never even heard of that.

Is it like a Heat prequel?

 

[Zer]

LA Takedown?

Never even heard of that.

Is it like a Heat prequel?

It was a pilot for a TV show that was rejected, but then became a 90 min TV movie. Then later on it would be the basis for Heat.

I haven't seen it so always been curious about it

 

[LEWIS540]

Brian Cox's Hannibal > Tony Hopkins' Hannibal

 

[europe1]

LA Takedown?

Never even heard of that.

Is it like a Heat prequel?

Yeah I was almost ready to give Zer a yellow-card for nominating a fake movie and then I check it up and go like WTF?

 

[europe1]

It was a pilot for a TV show that was rejected, but then became a 90 min TV movie. Then later on it would be the basis for Heat.

I haven't seen it so always been curious about it

Movie is available on youtube btw

 

[HARRISON_3]

One wonders what Heat would've been like had Keanu Reeves played Chris, though I think Val Kilmer absolutely nailed it.

 

[europe1]

Draw!

-VS-

Alright. Time to vote. Do you prefer your Michael Mann with Nazis, or without Nazis?

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[europe1]

The Keep

 

[HARRISON_3]

The Keep

 

[MusterX]

I was just talking to someone about The Keep recently. Kinda weird how it pops up like that 2 weeks later.

So I guess The Keep.

 

[Dirt Road Soldier]

The Keep

 

[HARRISON_3]

I remember seeing Manhunter and wanting to like it, but I found it mostly meh.

William Peterson will always be the man who shot Billy the Kid, IMO

 

[BisexualMMA]

I remember seeing Manhunter and wanting to like it, but I found it mostly meh.

William Peterson will always be the man who shot Billy the Kid, IMO

Petersen got his leading roles in Manhunter and To Live and Die in LA too early in his career. He wasn't ready.

Seeing what Norton did with some of the same lines in Red Dragon is like night and day. There is an advantage to going second but some of Petersen's stuff in Manhunter was beginner work.

 

[Zer]

Manhunter

 

[Bullitt68]

Since I'm not an active member, I can tell you all: No matter how big a Mann fan you are, you will be sorry if you have to watch The Keep.

 

[Bullitt68]

Hey, @Zer: Did you ever see The Jericho Mile? Last year, I taught a class called "Authorship in Hollywood Cinema" in which I devoted each week to the study of a different director. To prep for the Michael Mann week, not only did I watch The Keep for the first (and what will remain for as long as I live the only) time, I watched The Jericho Mile for the first time. Now that is a legit hidden gem. Aside from the cringe of Brian Dennehy talking jive, it's amazing to see in Mann's very first protagonist literally all of the quintessential elements of a Mann hero. Plus, it's a damn good (albeit unconventional) sports movie with one of the best endings in Mann's entire filmography. Highly recommended for all Mann fans.

 

[Scott Parker 27]

Manhunter

 

[europe1]

We Have A Winner!

Alright people! Let's watch Michael Mann's much maligned nazi-horror B-movie​

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[europe1]

@Bullitt68 on SMC's voting.