Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale
Length: 2 Hours and 04 Minutes
Well, The story is set in the year 1933, the era of organized public crime. Criminals like John Dilinger (Depp), Babyface nelson, and Pretty Face Floyed are toying with the laws and state police units are not able to stop them. Dilinger is famous for his swift Bank robberies. He can rob a bank for in under 2 minutes and move away in a stolen car.
In between a series of bank robberies, Dillinger meets Billie Frechette at a restaurant. He tries to woo her by gifting a fur coat. Frechette falls for Dillinger even after he tells her who he is, and the two quickly become lovers.
Then, agent Melvin Purvis is appointed for handling cases related to Public Enemies and follows each and every activity of these criminals. In the meantime, Dilinger and Billie draw closer to each other. Billie works as a coat clerk in a club. The scene where Dilinger asks her to leave everything and come along is really intresting. I think the confidence level of John Dilinger as a person has been well potrayed by Depp.
The movie is well paced, except a few places where the scenes could have been made a bit more interesting. Like the scene where John Dillinger escapes from the prison by using a wooden gun. There is no mention as to how he got the idea to create a wooden gun and polish it to look like a small revolver.
The close encounter among Dilinger and team versus Police have been well portrayed. The facts have been preserved and the excitement has been infused by the director. Except one fact, that Babuface Nelson got killed in the encounter in the "Little Bohemia Lounge", all other story contents are in agreement with the police version of incidents.
In all, this is a better than average movie and deserves a 2.5 - 3 rating out of 5. The artists have done really well to get inside their characters and displays the level of research that goes into a face recreation.
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