A very good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. First of all, what the hell happened to Michael Mann?!? Seriously, he used to be one of the most interesting directors at work but, after 'Collateral', his following movies have been increasingly disappointing and this trend reached an all-time low with 'Blackhat' which was one of the biggest commercial and critical flops released in 2015. Anyway, even though I have started to lose some faith in the guy, I still really like his work (at least, his older work) and this one is probably one of his best movies. Nowadays, it seems to be rather forgotten but when it was released, it was a big critical success and it definitely deserved all the praise it received. Indeed, to start with, the performances delivered by Al Pacino (in probably one of his last very good movies) and Russell Crowe were really good and, above all, the story was just very interesting and entertaining. In my opinion, it is almost as good as ‘All The President’s Men’, probably the best movie in this genre, it was above all thanks to Michael Mann's solid directing which managed to perfectly mix the usual thriller gimmicks with a realistic and compelling story. Anyway, to conclude, I really loved this flick and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Michael Mann's work.