I love Mann's visceral style of filming; his action feels so crisp and lifelike, almost as though you were watching something happening right outside your window.
This is one of the best casts assembled for a mainstream film in a long time; Depp, Bale, Cotillard, and Ribisi alone is an incredible cast, but throw in Crudup, Dorff, Wenham, and Lang.....this one should be something special.