Lacks Intensity To Become A Great Mob Film

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2016)

Black Mass is a biographical film that was based on the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob that was written by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.It stars Johnny Depp together with Joel Edgerton,Peter Sarsgaard, Rory Cochrane,Kevin Bacon,Peter Saarsgard, Dakota Johnson, and Corey Stoll.
During the 1970's,FBI Agent John Connolly convinces Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger to collaborate with the agency in order to eliminate the mob.In the process,it leads to Whitey to be able to use his connections to evade the law consistently and become the one of the most feared and ruthless mobster in Boston.He,too is able to provide protection for his family.As the story progressed,we get to see Connolly and the his fellow members of the law get arrested for the illegal schemes they themselves got involved in and with Whitey surprisingly getting arrested as an elderly in 2011.
The film looks really promising to be a great mob film.I was expecting it to become like The Departed.Unfortunately,it did not reach that level as it was basically more like a character study of Whitey and his ability to manipulate the law enforcers.It lacked suspense and the emotional level was somewhat not as intense unlike other great mob movies.