An increasingly rare film for grown ups.

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2010)

I did like this film. None of those usual talk overs or flashbacks or lengthy explanations to try and ensure even the dumbest person could follow the film. I cannot even remember a date being flashed up on the screen. Just a straight action film, take it or leave it. The lack of character development was a great relief. I do not think it was required for Dillinger who was a very, very, very bad boy and would I think would be considered by many to possibly lack depth of character. From films and TV it would seem in America that many people are eager to find the real me and ensure they are true to their inner self. I suspect that Dillinger was not of that ilk. The history may not have have been accurate but everyone says how great Shakespeare was and his history was very flaky.