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Cinematography
First major digital feature—those sodium-vapor streetlights hit different.
Acting
Foxx's panic versus Cruise's glacial calm—chemistry forged in tension.
Direction
Mann turns a Toyota into the most claustrophobic space in cinema.

Director
Michael Mann
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