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Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
2:20:18
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Johnny Depp John Dillinger
  2. Christian Bale Melvin Purvis
  3. Marion Cotillard Billie Frechette
  4. Billy Crudup J. Edgar Hoover
  5. Stephen Dorff Homer Van Meter
  6. Stephen Lang
  7. Lili Taylor
  8. Channing Tatum Pretty Boy Floyd
  9. Giovanni Ribisi Alvin Karpis
  10. Leelee Sobieski
  11. David Wenham Pete Pierpont
  12. Stephen Graham Baby Face Nelson
  13. John Michael Bolger Martin Zarkovich

Directors

  1. Michael Mann

Producers

  1. Kevin Misher
  2. Michael Mann

Writers

  1. Ronan Bennett
  2. Michael Mann
  3. Ann Biderman

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Public Enemies


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Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann's sprawling historical crime drama follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale ) in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great Depressio... Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann's sprawling historical crime drama follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale ) in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great Depression, charming bandit Dillinger (Johnny Depp) was virtually unstoppable at the height of his criminal career; no jail could hold him, and his exploits endeared him to the common people while making headlines across the country. J. Edgar Hoover's (Billy Crudup) FBI was just coming into formation, and what better way for the ambitious lawman to transform his fledgling Bureau of Investigation into a national police force than to capture the gang that always gets away? Determined to bust Dillinger and his crew, which also included sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi), Hoover christened Dillinger the country's very first Public Enemy Number One, and unleashed Purvis to take them down by whatever means necessary. But Purvis underestimated Dillinger's ingenuity as a master criminal, and after embarking on a frantic series of chases and shoot-outs, the dashing agent humbly surmised that he was in over his head. Outwitted and outgunned, Purvis knew that his only hope for busting Dillinger's gang was to baptize a crew of Western ex-lawmen as official agents, and orchestrate a series of betrayals so cunning that even America's criminal mastermind wouldn't know what hit him. Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, and Stephen Dorff co-star.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

68%Tomatometer score: 68% positive reviews from professional critics.

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  1. Positive review
    Don Groves, sbs.com.au Lawmen and outlaws collide in Mann's stylish, brutal drama. Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Simon Miraudo, Quickflix If only Mann's obsession with technical perfection extended to drafting screenplays. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Sydney Like Dillinger, Mann and his jangly camera live for the moment. If Public Enemies doesn't cut it as history or mythologising, it succeeds staggeringly well as a series of set pieces. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Julie Rigg, MovieTime, ABC Radio National I'd say this is Mann's best film since The Insiders. Or maybe even The Last of the Mohicans. Now there's glory. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Vicky Roach, Daily Telegraph (Australia) Public Enemies finds [Mann] a bit slower on his feet. The film lacks the narrative dexterity of Collateral and The Insider. And the end result veers between solid and stolid. Full review External link

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    Public Enemies (8/10) Movie CLIP - Assault on the Lodge (2009) HD

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    Public Enemies (4/10) Movie CLIP - Gross Incompetence (2009) HD

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