Public Enemies
- Genre: Action
- Film running length: 139 min
(excl trailers and advertisements) - UK release date: 3/7/2009
- Directed by: Michael Mann
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke
From director Michael Mann, ‘Public Enemies’ tells the incredible true story of the legendary Depression-era bank robber, John Dillinger (Johnny Depp).
As Dillinger becomes a folk hero, J. Edgar Hoover makes him America’s first Public Enemy Number One - and sends his top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) to capture him.
However, as Dillinger and his gang outwit and outshoot Purvis’ men, a crew of expert gunfighters are drafted in and – along with orchestrating some epic betrayals – they finally close in on the infamous gangster.
If you liked ‘American Gangster’ and ‘The Departed’, you’ll love ‘Public Enemies’.
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Contains strong violence.
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Public Enemies: Average guest rating breakdown:
Total ratings: 123
Average rating: 3.3
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Latest customer reviews (from a total of 25 reviews):
For a legendary story this was awfully dull.
What could have been an exciting and thought provoking story of a legendary criminal turns into a dull opaque piece of trash.
First off the camera work, though I don't mind hand held camera's (The film the Wrestler, which I loved) followed the same conventions but at least you could see what was happening.
Here I couldn't I felt dizzy and it irritated me. I wouldn't have minded had the rest of the movie been good, but the acting was terrible (making a top cast being wasted) and the action seqeunces boring.
The length of time that it was 139 minutes made it more unbearable to watch.
Mann has nothing to say about Dillinger's character and just portrays him for show. One of the most lazily directed and dull movies I've seen. I was disappointed.
Worth a view if there's nowt else on......
Not historically accurate but fantastic entertainment
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