Review - Public Enemies

It is rare to feel blown away by a movie. Many movies are good but few seem like instant classics right there in the theatre. Public Enemies is such a rare movie. I (Allan) cannot speak for the other members of the AJ MR but to me this is the best movie of the year so far. I doubt it will be surpassed in my mind. There has been Oscar talk about it and it definitely derserves it. It could easily get Best Picture or Best Director (for Michael Mann).


It's based on the book by the same title and tells the true story of 1930s bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and 'his girl' Billie (Marion Cotillard). Pursuing Dillinger is Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale). The story is a wonderful mix of action, suspense, a bit of humor, and it also has a reasonable love-story element to it. Johnny Depp's performance is outstanding as is Christian Bales'. All of the supporting roles are equally well given.

There are alot of good things about this movie. I love the atmosphere and the music. It's strange to think of the Great Deppression as a time you would want to live in but this movie makes you want to be there. The clothes, the cars...and the machine guns. There are alot of machine guns in this movie.

When you watch this film be sure to compare Dillinger to Purvis. Are they really different? They're press interviews are very similar in some ways.

I love this movie. I cannot wait to see it again. I love the ending.

PUBLIC ENEMIES...GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!