Many layers of cinematic failure.

Rating: 3/10 (3 October 2013)

This film fails at so many levels that it's actually very educational.
First of, you can feel that the script lacked structure or a specific vision. I think the scriptwriters didn't know what the story was about, is it a love story, a historical telling of Dillinger's life or a battle of good v.s. evil.
So they went for the easiest copout in storytelling, a love interest.
This could have easily been a very good man's man movie, a classic HK or Reservoir Dogs type of crime drama but instead they went for romance because, it seems, American filmmakers can't write anymore for men.
Impossible to have a story about honour or brotherhood, the only motivation they can find for a male lead character is a love interest.
Also the use of video was more distracting than immersive, shots felt disconnected because of noise & colouration issues.
This film shows that if you don't know what you're story is about then all the other layers of the cinematic language will suffer in consequence, whatever is the acting, editing or even cinematography.