First off if you read my blog yesterday you already know I loved this film but I kind of new it was going to be good. Public Enemies may not be for everyone it is a dark film much like last summers The Dark Knight, if your bored of watching robots...
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First off if you read my blog yesterday you already know I loved this film but I kind of new it was going to be good. Public Enemies may not be for everyone it is a dark film much like last summers The Dark Knight, if your bored of watching robots and superheroes fighting each other than this is the movie you would want to go see. There is many fine performances from the cast most notably from Johnny Depp who could be in with a run in with a Oscar nomination for his performance as John Dillinger, Dillinger robs banks and is the most wanted man in America, him and his gang travel America hitting banks every where so then Christian Bale's character Melvin Purvis has to arrest him and his gang, the movie opening hlaf hour has some of the best Tommy gun action I have seen ever after all the shooting Dillinger meets a girl called Billie Frechette played by the brilliant Marion Cotillard, The best acted scenes in the film are between these two actors and it makes for good change after a lot of shooting. Public Enemies is by far the best movie of the year and I think this may be difficult to beat. Michael Mann's directing is superb although I think he could have gave a bit more time to Dillinger's gang. I have not mentioned much of Bale so I will. His acting was what I expected and not much of a departure from what you may have already seen him in, he plays another cold character in which he plays those type of roles really well. You will be surprised that Depp and Bale have only one scene together with dialogue but this was a fun scene between the two actors.

The best part of the film comes about forty five minutes towards the end in which there is a massive gunfight between Dillinger's gang and the cops, It lasts for about fifteen to twenty minutes of cat and mouse running and tommy gun firing. I particularly liked Stephen Graham's scenes here, he portrays Baby Face Nelson, Nelson is probably the evilest out of the crew and Graham plays him well although it was funny sometimes when his voice would change from New York to Liverpool. Public Enemies is about 140 minutes long but it seemed to fly by when I watched it, There was many memorable moments that makes this film different to other gangster films and it was great to see Michael Mann back on form after the very poor Miami Vice. There was a surprisingly small role for Channing Tatum, I didn't even notice it was him but he was only in the film for about five minutes, he played Pretty Boy Floyd.

Overall Public Enemies was a fantastic take on Dillinger and his gang, it never disappoints with some great action sequences and fantastic acting from the entire cast. Best movie for a long time 10 out of 10.