A definite contender for best Picture

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2009)

Public Enemies is quite simply a masterpiece. With outstanding performances from Depp as well as a unique one form Bale, both seemed undisputed and masterful with a bold as well as having an over-whelming cinematic presence every time both actor's were on the screen. Michael Mann is truly at his peak and Public Enemies proves to be his best piece of cinematic brilliance yet. shot in glorious HD, Mann brings a new inspiration to his already hugely bold status as one of the best crime drama director's working today. Running in the same streak and coollness as past gangster epic's such as Scarface or The Godfather, Public Enemies roar's through it's long running time of two and a half hours without letting up the pace or action.
If Depp doesn't even get nominated for his brutal as well as charming character as John Dillinger i will be mad. Every aspect of Depp's performance is indisputably mesmerising and the best of it is that he look's like he isn't even having to try to play the character.