It was Okay

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2009)

I went to go see this at midnight on the opening day. I was really excited, I used to live near Crown Point, IN last year where the jail break scene was filmed in the original jail house. Depp played his role fantastically! It was worth the two and a half hours just to see his great and funny acting. However, I thought it could have included some more bank robbery scenes and less of the love story. I mean we know Dillinger as this famous bank robber. I thought this would be more of an updated version of the original Dillinger, but it was not. Overall, it was good, but not worth seeing at a midnight screening. Bales' character, Purvis, I thought could have been extended a bit more. I thought the there was a lot missing from him. He didn't meet the good guy image like Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, which I was hoping this movie would lean towards. There was a great shoot out scene and the ending just makes you upset, nothing like the '73 version. This is a good movie if you want to get a idea of a short period in his life.