Earlier this year I have watched through Mann's filmography with one mind on how a semi-cult from many critics and fans have developed around the latter half of his career, specifically around Miami Vice and Public Enemies. I don't quite get the cult on those two, but then this somehow mostly clicked with me. I think the key here is that this time, the material, although realistically executed to some degree, still feels inherently goofy to me. Freed from the 'respectable' sheen in genre trappings of Vice or Enemies, Mann's lauded sensory abstractions just somehow fit this thrillingly. Coupled with the romanticism of an 80's Asian actioner, it is one visceral ride. Could have been shorter, but quite a good time nonetheless.