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In the canon of Heist films up until this point, this one by Michael Mann stands alone and is a masterpiece not only as a crime story but also in firearms realism. Fast forward to 1995 and you get the the all time heavyweight champion of heist films, Heat, which is not only a masterpiece of crime fiction but also again, in firearms realism and urban combat. The Shootout at the bank job is pure perfection. Michael Mann as a Director stands alone in terms of firearm realism in film, no contest.
I guess it’s a case of “each to his own” with regard to what makes a classic. You obviously give much higher priority to firearms realism. I appreciate that quality, in all action films. But for heist films in particular I give more priority to the creativity of the heist. That’s why Topkapi, which predates Thief and Heat and The Italian Job, is the seminal film of the heist genre, IMHO.