Every Michael Mann Movie Ranked Worst To Best

11. The Keep (1983)

Almost every director has an early-career misfire that is probably best forgotten, and for Michael Mann that's The Keep.

Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson and starring the likes of Ian McKellen, Scott Glenn and Gabriel Byrne in roles they surely regret, the "horror" follows a group of Nazi soldiers who accidentally awaken an evil spirit and are forced to ask a Jewish doctor (McKellen) for help in stopping it.

The Keep features a number of subplots and inconsequential supporting characters that Mann loses track of throughout the film's somehow-dragging 90-minute runtime, and between the laughably bad visual effects, poor sound mixing, bizarre Tangerine Dream-penned soundtrack and bland character work, it's definitely a film worth skipping.

The upside? Mann has said there's a 210-minute Director's Cut out there, but thankfully it hasn't seen the light of day...and hopefully never will.