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Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Giovanni Ribisi
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
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I reallly liked it! I think this was return 2 form for Micheal Mann. The acting was great as well as the characters they were playing. I just felt like something was missing though within the story, I hope there a longer cut on DVD!
But this is a good movie I guess I just exp...( read more)
The beauty of Johnny Depp's body of work is his insistence on playing flawed, tormented souls and this movie's no exception. Flawlessly choreographed action sequences shot on Sony's F-23 cameras - the future of digital cinematography, a well paced script (though it lags a bit in ...( read more)
I thought Public Enemies was a great movie. I love period history pieces, and I have always been a fan of the gangster/crime movies. I knew John Dillinger's story, so I knew how the story would pan out. But, that didn't effect my experience seeing this film, or the fact that I ap...( read more)
A spectacular masterpiece no questions asked. It's American Gangster meets The Untouchables. It's the best, most detailed and most constructed crime film of the decade. A stylish, slick, classy and pistol packing crime drama. Director, Michael Mann's best film in years. It stands...( read more)
This is the kind of movie where much like the film "Capote" you might say, "Well...that wasn't super interesting, but it can be excused because it's history, and history isn't the movies". You might say that, except this movie is so ridiculously historically inaccurate that it b...( read more)
Finally watched this, and wasn't impressed or dissappointed. Not Micheal Mann's best and Depp and Bale were just mediocre through out the entirety of the film. I was entertained and kept watching. Worth checking out.
una excelente actuación por parte de johnny depp!!! aparte de que se ve muy guapo!!!
Meh. Long, mildly interesting but not enjoyable enough and a really bad script with a serious lack of character development! Frustratingly lit too. Amazing costumes, cars, locations but we never get to see them because it's too dark, but I guess that's the point. Interesting use ...( read more)
