My best buddy Logan and me expected a rather exciting and pulse-racing movie when we went to watch Public Enemies starring Johhny Depp and Christian Bale. However, it was not what we expected.
The story focuses on John Dillinger, one of the most famous villain during 1930s America. It showcased his crime-spree of robbing banks but not their customers up to the day when he was killed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It also showed the nemesis-like competition between Dillinger and the man, tasked at catching him- Agent Melvin Purvis (played by Christian Bale).
The actions sequences were fantastic with the sounds of the Tommy-Gun barreling down on the police as the robbers were making their escape. However, the plot was pretty straight forward and for a lack of better term, dry. Don't get me wrong, I knew that Dillinger was going to be killed at the end of the movie having read about him sometime ago.
I feel that there was less focus on Dillinger and Purvis characters, and more towards the storyline and settings of America during those times. The two main characters were not played off each other and no character development took place.
Even the one dialogue those two shared with each other did not show the chemistry of two main rivals fighting for supremacy. As a result, the story became quite blend..
That being said, the movie is highly watchable for its action aspect. The only savior was Johhny Depp with his excellent acting prowess. Sadly, Bale, of Batman fame, was pretty wooden in his acting (pain for me to say this as I am a big fan).
It managed to capture the mood and ambiance of that era with attention-to-detail sets of houses, banks, guns, costumes and cars.
We kinda get the hint that a movie is boring when the most memorable thing Logan and me agreed upon was how much we longed for a smoke as many of the scenes has the characters smoking wtf!!hahahaha.
Good try by director Michael Mann, but it still fell off the mark for me.
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