Michael Mann hasn't lost his touch

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2009)

A really good movie, I enjoyed every minute of. Critics have been panning this movie, mostly going on about Johnny Depp's jawline rather than his performance. I said it once and I'll say it again...the critics don't know what they're going on a about. I thought this was a great movie and Michael Mann, who many thought had lost his touch after the dreadful Miami Vice, still knows how to make a good film. Johnny Depp is just great in this, I was rooting for Dillinger from beginning to end, he really did a great job portraying the 1930's gangster. Almost after 20 twenty years in the business the man still knows how to churn out great performances. Christian Bale isn't far behind neither. I thought he also did a great job as Purvis, bringing the same type of commitment and energy to this role and he does with all his other films. Marion Cotillard was great as Dillinger's love interest, she continues to show she's a class act and can perform just as well as the big boys. Others include, Stephen Lang, Stephen Graham, Stephen Dorff, Billy Crudup and Jason Clarke were just great to watch as they all had a part to play in the Dillinger Story. Michael Mann hasn't lost his touch in my opinion. He still knows how to tell a story and always has the best actors to help him tell that story. All in all there's not much I can fault with this film apart from the fact it was a little too long and dragged in some places. But these can be easily overlooked, because of the performances and the fantastic gunfights which in my opinion, equal the big gunfight in Heat, which is probably the best cops and robbers movie ever made. I really enjoyed this film and I hope you do too...Go see now!