A Good Film About A Bad Dude!

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2016)

"Black Mass" wasn't as bad as some of the reviews I read said it would be. It's a pretty decent crime film with a good story-line, some depth, and great acting. Now I'm not going to put it up there with the likes of "Goodfellas" and "Casino" but it was good. I wasn't disappointed, but I will say this, if Martin Scorsese had put his magical touch to this film it would have been better. Johnny Depp put on a nice performance as James 'Whitey' Bulger, almost Oscar worthy, as with Joel Edgerton, who played the role of John Connolly. The only problem I had with this film was Johnny Depp's make up. To me the attempt to make him look like James 'Whitey' Bulger only ended up looking "Bad Grampa"ish. That really didn't take away from the film but it must have been pretty obvious if my wife noticed it being that she doesn't take movies as serious as I do. "Black Mass" is a film about James 'Whitey' Bulger (Johnny Depp), a violent gangster who becomes an FBI informant in order to take down a Mafia family who is disrupting his criminal activities and at the same time involving John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), an FBI agent. I heard of James 'Whitey' Bulger from documentaries and stories after he got caught. If he was anything like the character Johnny Depp portrayed in this film he should be locked up forever! I'm glad I didn't read any of the reviews before watching this film because I would have probably missed out on a good one.