Public Enemies

I remember when I use to live in Chicago, always hearing about this movie. How Johnny Depp and Christian Bale were in the city filming for a big blockbuster crime drama. I did some research and found that everything about the movie was going to be awesome... A historical period piece, set in Chicago during the 1930s (one of my favorite eras) crime, drama, romance, and 3 of the biggest actors in the business (Depp, Bale, and Marion Cotilliard)... I felt it was going to be the next Godfather! Well after much hype and anticipation I finally saw it last night... Now I must say that the movie is definitely not the next Godfather... it's strong in some points, yet not so in others... the acting is amazing, the setting is incredible, yet sadly the story is a little week... Although the movie was only 2hrs 30mins, it definitely did drag on at some points and felt much longer... nonetheless it was still worth the buck! As expected Johnny Depp delivers beautifully as public enemy number 1, John Dillenger... He's very confident, fast-moving, and always one step ahead... Then there is Christian Bale who also brings his amazing on-screen talent, as the sharp-shooting, well-dressed, confident Melvin Purvis... Purvis is put in charge of stopping big name bank robbers such as Dillenger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd... While Dillenger continues to rob banks and stay one step ahead of the cops, he falls head-over-heels for Marion Cotillard's character, a pretty French lady named "Billie"... The setting is my favorite thing of the movie... Typical 1930s style... well dressed people in suits and hats, classy cars, and extremely loud Tommy Machine Guns! So all-in-all I'd say the movie is definitely worth seeing, very historical, yet nothing to go crazy about...

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