AfterHeat, Mann branched out into true-crime dramas, sports biopics, and big-budget action blockbusters.
But in 2009, he returned to the action subgenre that made him an A-list director.
He made another cat-and-mouse thriller about a bank robber and the law enforcement officer on his tail.
In theory, it shouldve beenHeat2.0, but it didnt manage to matchHeats level of widespread critical acclaim.
LikeHeat, its another action-packed crime epic revolving around bank heists.
AndlikeHeat, its based on a true story.
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Mann even recruited a lot of the same crew he used to makeHeat14 years earlier.
For all intents and purposes,Public Enemiesshouldve replicated the success ofHeat.
But unlikeHeat, which was universally acclaimed by critics,Public Enemieswas met with a mixed response.
Public Enemies was based on Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34, a book by author Bryan Burrough. The 2009 film was directed by Michael Mann and follows a detective as he attempts to stop a crime wave that sparked during The Great Depression.
The movie fails to depict the troubled economic landscape that made Dillinger a folk hero.
In 2022,Mann penned a follow-up toHeatas his debut novel.
It follows the early years of detective Vincent Hanna and career criminals Neil McCauley and Chris Shiherlis.
