Johnny Depp delivers a powerhouse portrayal of an American gangster.

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2016)

Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, the notorious gangster from the 1930s, is a ball to watch. He's a tough, dirty, smart criminal who knows how to entertain the audience. Johnny is at his best when he stops playing dress-up and takes off all the makeup and is just himself. He plays the bad guy as good as anyone, which is what he does beautifully here. Christian Bale is solid as the detective trying to take him down, but it's Michael Mann who returns to the crime genre to execute a thrilling, true story about mafia and the life of a brutal gangster in great fashion that brings us back to a critical decade in American history.