'Public Enemies' review by Michael Phillips

Movie based on the last year and a half of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's infamous life in Chicago and the Midwest.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Public Enemies
• John Dillinger
• gangster
• shootings
• bank robberies
• prison
• love story
• Johnny Depp
• Michael Mann
• Mari

[Ricorodrigeuz]

Only three stars!!! I thought this film was amazing and I'm personally glad to see Mann back on form after Miami Vice which was not bad but could have been a lot better.

[CuteBadger]

I saw it today... I wish I never did.

I think the camera operator must have had a stroke or something???

[ghostbuster323]

4/5

[Tadicuslegion78]

this movie could have been amazing, the trailer set it up that way, don't get me wrong it wasn't a horrible movie but it was just so boring i know holliwood screws up history but if they at least got Christian bale to do more instead of just standing there it could have been awesome, i mean johnny deep and christian bale together in the same movie, and i was so bored. its a gangster movie or should be i think i might have to rewatch it

[TKmallet]

I loved the movie. If you paid attention, and understood it, it was a GREAT movie. The music was excellent in my opinion.

[DonnieDaniels]

@inrwizards But, I will also agree that this is the most historically accurate of all the film adaptations. But, in order to get a better grip on what happend, you must know the a little about people and what drives them to make the events happen. I don't know. That's my oppinion. I couldn't get sucked in that much, and kept losing track because of it.

[DonnieDaniels]

@inrwizards Well, I've read about him a little. A LITTLE. And I was able to learn more from that LITTLE peice of information about Dillinger than from this film. For example, Dillinger had the nickname "The Jackrabbit" cause of how he gracefully hops over tables and desks to get from point to point and his narrow escapes from the police. 2. He even had plastic surgery to evade the feds. Did you even know that? I didn't til I read about him, and in every artical I've read, it's the first sentance

[inrwizards]

@DonnieDaniels it missed some character development i agree, but i dont really know how much is known about dillinger and his personal life, or pervus. im much more satisfied with mann's documentary type film that shows us the events instead of them making up a lot of crap about their relationships and shit.

[inrwizards]

3 1/2 stars. couldve used a bit more personal stuff about dillinger but let's face it. jonhny depp is amazing, and mann succeeds in providing a documentary style kind of film

[thecolorunknown]

I liked the movie the first time I watched it. But I loved it the second time. Great movie.