Good film about real life mobster John Dillinger

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2009)

I saw Public Enemies today.I was interested in seeing it as I am a fan of mafia films.Not just ones set during the 1930's, but all of them.Michael Mann is also usually a good director as well.I knew little about John Dillinger so I do not know how historically accurate this film is.The performances were great.Johnny Depp played a good role as mobster John Dillinger and Christian Bale's acting was great as well.The plot involves the police trying to find and arrest John Dillinger, who escaped from jail and commits a series of bank robberies, while falling in love with this one girl.The movie is not boring, there is a good mix of action as well as plot.It's a bit long(2 hrs 20 min), but not as long as other gangster films such as "The Godfather".My only problem with the film was, at times the camera was shaky and made the film look a bit cheap.I don't know if Mann intended to do this.It wasn't a big deal for me, but some people may not like it.If you like crime/drama's, it's definitely worth watching.