hough this did give a good insight into Mann's methods, and what to expect from
             his future work, there was a far more important theme introduced in Thief. Mann's
             work, both TV and film, centres on studying what makes a man a great man. He has
             made some of the most compelling studies of machismo through the use of various
             male dominated roles, from Daniel Day-Lewis' heroic Hawkeye in Last of the
             Mohicans, to Will Smith's quick-talking Muhammad Ali, in Ali, both of which I will
             Mann's second film was nothing short of a disaster. The Keep (1983) was a
             bizarre film, and I am not going to waste your time by dwelling on it, but it does ask
             the question of why Mann made this? As Ty Burr from Entertainment Weekly said
             'The Keep has something to do with WWII German Soldiers occupying a mysterious
             Carpathian fortress only to come face to face with – a demon from hell? An alien
             from space? A waiter from Schraffts? Damned if I can tell......The Keep wastes a fine
             cast while playing like Alien on downers.'
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