Post by Rob W. Case on Jul 13, 2009 18:44:56 GMT -6
Johnny Depp stars as famous Chicago bank robber John Dillinger in this impressive 2009 bio-pic. It is 1933, in the fourth year of the Great Depression, and a famous bank robber escapes from prison, robs banks for a living, and is on the run from the law. John Dillinger hits numerous banks, but brutally uses violence in defense, yet some of his crazy friends (like Baby face Nelson) are caught so much in the thrill of lawless violence that he kills lawmen and innocent people alike. Meanwhile, an inexperienced J. Edgar Hoover who seeks a leadership position within the FBI is seeking to make a name for himself. This ignites a large determination and will to capture John Dillinger and his entire gang. Hoover places a man by the name of Melvin Purvis (played by Christian Bale) in charge of the Chicago branch of the FBI. Purvis is very skilled and very crafty. The film chronicles the events that took place with these people and the scenarios that occurred to make one of the largest bank robbers gain history-book status, and make famous everyone who was affiliated with him as well as those who were out to capture him.
The machine gun fights were thrilling and realistic. They weren’t your typical “Hollywood-style” machine gun fights. The film captures in a breath-taking way, the determination by one side to kill and/or capture Dillinger’s men, as well as the determination by the other side to stay alive and eradicate threats to their lives and livelihoods.
I heard some people mention that this film was made to glorify John Dillinger. Well, I’m not one to necessarily agree with that. One of the things I liked about this film was that, in my opinion, it simply told the story from the perspectives of both sides. This film, in my opinion, portrayed fairly the perspectives of both sides. It was not poised to determine which people were the “good guys” and which ones were the “bad guys.” It simply provided the mindsets of both, and let history be the writer of the characters fates.
Out of 4 stars, I would have to give Public Enemies 4 stars.
The film runs 2 Hours and 20 Minutes and it is rated R.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the "Play" button below.
The machine gun fights were thrilling and realistic. They weren’t your typical “Hollywood-style” machine gun fights. The film captures in a breath-taking way, the determination by one side to kill and/or capture Dillinger’s men, as well as the determination by the other side to stay alive and eradicate threats to their lives and livelihoods.
I heard some people mention that this film was made to glorify John Dillinger. Well, I’m not one to necessarily agree with that. One of the things I liked about this film was that, in my opinion, it simply told the story from the perspectives of both sides. This film, in my opinion, portrayed fairly the perspectives of both sides. It was not poised to determine which people were the “good guys” and which ones were the “bad guys.” It simply provided the mindsets of both, and let history be the writer of the characters fates.
Out of 4 stars, I would have to give Public Enemies 4 stars.
The film runs 2 Hours and 20 Minutes and it is rated R.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the "Play" button below.