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Here is an efficient, disciplined, bold, violent man, driven by compulsions the film wisely declines to explain. His gang members loved the money they were making. Dillinger loved planning the next job.
Jul 1, 2009 · 68% Tomatometer 281 Reviews 59% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's (Johnny Depp) charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public,...
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688 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 6/10. Fun but flawed. Leofwine_draca 10 September 2013. I liked PUBLIC ENEMIES but I didn't love it. It comes close to feeling like an epic at times, detailing the cat-and-mouse games between infamous bank robber John Dillinger and the G-man on his tail.
Public Enemies is a crime drama based on the true story of the infamous bank robber of the 1930's, John Dillinger. Johnny Depp does an outstanding job playing the main character, but I don't feel that this is his best performance. Perhaps it is a lacking script that causes the unimpressive characterization.
The mythic, romanticized feud between American icons Dillinger and Pervis is rendered here as a brutal tragedy, both are too single-minded in their missions to see that they're cogs in the rise of cruel American systems (surveillance, banks, telecommunications, the FBI,… more. Review by matt lynch ★★★★½ 3.
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand. ... a thinking man’s gangster film, less about thrills than the mechanics of Dillinger’s heists and...
This true story of bank robberies and jail breaks, starring Johnny Depp as the notorious John Dillinger, and Christian Bale as his cocksure antagonist, FBI agent Melvin Purvis, should have it all.
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