Depp is Oscar bet

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2015)

BLACK MASS: Bravo to Johnny Depp, unrecognizable (kudos to the hair and makeup people) for his Oscar worthy, chilling performance as real life Boston gangster Whitely Bulger, a small time gangster used as an informant by the FBI to bring down the Mafia, thus clearing the way for his own criminal operation. Finally, Depp gets to display his magnificent abilities and conveys the character's quiet menace which redefines cold blooded. Director, Scott Cooper takes a page out of Scorsese's Goodfellas playbook telling the story in narrative style. Joel Edgerton (recently of The Gift) plays the ambitious get- ahead-at-all-costs FBI agent who handles Whitely but gets himself in so deep he has no way out. The supporting all star cast (Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson) is stellar, the true story is better than fiction and the production values are off the charts. Score: 9. GO! Ya can't trust anybody.