Average

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2009)

I went into this expecting an outstanding film - great cast, good look and a great character to centre on. And on these fronts, it delivered.
However, there was something lacking - character development. None of the primary characters (Dillinger, Billie, Purvis) were interesting. If Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were this one dimensional in their film, I never would have heard of it (having been born 20 years later).
This film will get a lot of attention, and disappear from our minds rapidly. The characters are not endearing.
The best part of the film was Johnny Depp, and his facial expressions. They told us more about Dillinger than anything else. (by the way, that's not a good thing).
All of the characters are stubborn, and their internal conflicts disappear in a haze of machine gun fire. Only one conflict survives: Good guy must kill bad guy because he is bad.
All I can say is that I am disappointed - another film with a lot of potential that tries to wow us with the adrenaline of the chase scene and of the gunfire.