Johnny is back! but the film was a bit bland.

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2015)

I have to admit that i expected more from this film, it's not bad, it's just not very exciting and kind of just plods along at parts. The film just had so much potential, the best scene was the one that i had previously seen in the trailer, it was very tense and uncomfortable to watch and left me wanting more. The actual film appears to be lacking this tension. There was also a lot crammed in and i kept finding myself getting a little lost and confused about what was happening and why? (didn't help that i almost dozed off at certain points, that's maybe why?). I think a lot of this is down to the films short run time,but even though the run time was short, for me, i think the film felt long. My husband felt that this story would have worked a lot better as a TV series and i do agree. Now onto Johnny, is he back to acting greatness? HELL YEAH! he was amazing! I can't fault his performance at all. He could flip from friendly to menacing in a second and he played a very believable James "Whitey" Bulger. I felt that all of the acting in this film was brilliant but Johnny was definitely the stand out performance for me and i'm hoping that everyone else will agree and Johnny can get back to being that amazing actor that he was always known as. There were also a few camera shots that i thought looked brilliant. So my final verdict is that it was a good movie but i wasn't blown away. I was, by Depp but the film itself not so much. I have definitely seen a lot better gangster movies than this one.