Movie Review: Public Enemies (**1/2 out of 4 stars)
Year of Release: 2009Country of Origin: USA
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Stephen Graham
Plot outline: 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 (IMDb).
The story (***)
How the story unfolds (**1/2 Michael Mann keeps the pacing going in an efficient workmanlike manner yet never pulls the audience fully into the world of cops and robbers. The icky HD Video camerawork doesn’t do the movie any favors either. Overall, the movie is just kinda flat and not very exciting.)
The characters (**1/2 Depp does some solid work but the script never really gives him anything to do besides rob banks in the same dull manner over and over again. While Bale gets the shorter end of the stick.)
The acting (**1/2)
Overall rating **1/2 out of 4 stars
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