Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Directed by Eran Creevy
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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What critics compared Welcome to the Punch to
“Welcome to the Punch” is slightly reminiscent of Michael Mann’s cat-and-mouse thriller “ Heat ,” but Creevy’s movie pales in comparison.
Meanwhile, McAvoy and Strong engage in a decidedly Heat-like tango of mutual wary respect that suggests they’re more alike than either of them would care to admit.
Writer/director Creevy draws on fast-paced, bullet-riddled John Woo and Tony Scott flicks, along with a heavy dose of Mann's Heat.
Sure enough, there’s a good deal of Mann’s Heat in Creevy’s sophomore effort.
It’s the kind of culture-fart that David Cameron would approve of; it’s got mass appeal – a thriller fashioned as the British Heat.
He also acknowledges in the press notes a love of films like “Heat” and “Infernal Affairs” and then feebly tries to rip them off.