Public Enemies

I really enjoyed Public Enemies. All the actors give excellent performances especially Johnny Depp who portrays the charismatic John Dillinger who of course was branded Public Enemy No 1 by J Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI.

The film is shot ultra-realistically as if you are watching real footage of the real events and the various shoot outs are chaotic and not cinematic in the way stylised shoot outs are filmed in other films (if that makes sense?)

There is a great scene near the end where Dillinger accidentally wanders into the FBI office that is investigating him and he takes a look around finally finishing up by asking a group of agents who are listening to a baseball match on the radio what the score is. They reply back without realising who he is.

I would heartily recommend seeing Public Enemies.

Rating: 8/10