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It doesn't have the fun of Mann's "Crime Story" TV show, yet it doesn't have the narrative pull of "The Insider." So it ends up as a rather joyless action film that can't quite decide on its point of view. But "Public Enemies" isn't stylish enough to turn its style into substance, nor does it develop its characters in enough depth to make this a compelling drama. The shootouts harken back to the old Warner Brothers gangster films. The shootouts are also well handled with the old school Tommy guns lighting up the night and crackling with loud staccato rhythms. "Public Enemies" looks great and captures the feel of Depression-era America. But if you know history, you know that ultimately the FBI wins out and the public enemies end up dead or in jail. Purvis also seems unimpressed with the young Ivy League recruits Hoover favors, young men who seem to have little experience and make repeated errors in the field. He doesn't like roughing up suspects or withholding medical attention from them. In the case of "Public Enemies," Purvis doesn't seem too pleased with Hoover's methods. Universal The G-men: Chritian Bale as Melvin Purvis and Billy Crudup as J. Maybe that's why Mann opens the film with a graphic calling 1933 "the golden age of bank robbery."
Hmmm? Sound familiar? In a sense, Dillinger is the perfect kind of criminal to highlight in the current economic climate and his choice of banks as his victims taps into a current frustration most people feel toward financial institutions. He might not be a Robin Hood redistributing the wealth, but like the common folk he harbors no affection for the greedy banks that were seen as part of the problem with the country's bleak economic conditions in the 1930s. But like Bonnie and Clyde, Dillinger is depicted as a kind of folk hero who allows customers at the bank to take their money because he's "here for the bank's money not yours.". Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp) busts out some criminal co-horts and sets off on a crime spree involving multiple bank robberies and murders. Working from a script by Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman, Mann begins with a daring prison break.
Some of the other criminals make guest appearances but none is featured. Edgar Hoover and Melvin Purvis at the newly formed FBI, the film narrows its focus to essentially one public enemy, Dillinger. But while the book looked to Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Alvin Karpis as well as J. The film is loosely based on the book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI" by Bryan Burrough. Universal Johnny Depp in "Public Enemies" Mann has proven himself a great stylist with TV shows like "Miami Vice" and "Crime Story," and films such as "Manhunter" and "Thief." So letting Mann loose on a 1930s crime story with the yummy Johnny Depp as folk hero bank robber seemed too good to be true. The era of public enemies has fueled many a great gangster film starting with works like "Public Enemy" and "Scarface" (both made in the very decade when people like Dillinger were topping the public enemies list) and continuing through the decades with films such as "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), "Dillinger" (1973) and "The Untouchables" (1987).
Michael Mann and Johnny Depp teaming up for a period crime story sounds great. Now Johnny Depp stars as the Depression-era criminal in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" (opening July 1 throughout San Diego). The best film to date has been the 1970s John Milius one called "Dillinger" that starred Warren Oates as public enemy number one and Ben Johnson as FBI agent Melvin Purvis who led the investigation to capture him.
The Film Club of the Air: Host Maureen Cavanaugh and critics Beth Accomando and Scott Marks discuss "Public Enemies."ĭillinger has been a popular subject for movies.
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