John Dillinger becomes a myth.

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2009)

That's right. The movie is totally based on Johny Depp's brilliant performance, but lacks a lot of everything. Digital did not affect me at all, and I thought the camera work was brilliant (although I was a bit confused at first, but caught up with it). Musically, I think it passes you by; It's playing good old Rock at one point, then jumps to forced Neo-Classics or 30's Jazz (which went along quite well). Christian Bale is a total joke on this movie, as well as all the other characters (with a very minor exception from Marion Cotillard), but he is especially bad; not as an actor, but as a character. He has no depth, whatsoever, and when it tries to come out, seems too fake to be believed. Marion Cotillard has a very normal job, but never dislikable. Michael Mann, although created something I didn't like as much, scored one important objective: you love John Dillinger as much as "the public". Speaking of which, he fails miserably on showing Dillinger's connection to the public (you only see vague parts, rushed in) and on the love story, which is faded in a very dark tile. Although, I think one becomes in love with John Dillinger, as the character, because of Johny Depp, that invades the screen. The movie also seems a lot fictional, but you get rather confused, since it's based on "facts".