Johnny Depp does it again

Rating: 8/10 (7 April 2020)

Public Enemies is a biographical crime drama movie directed by Michael Mann and stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Giovanni Rabisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Graham, Branka Katic and Stephen Lang.
The movie is based on John Dillinger and his gang who used to rob banks during the Great Depression.
The best part of the movie is that the movie is very realistic and characters are chosen very perfectly.
Johnny Depp is one of the greatest talents and he proves once again, Christian Bale in the role of Melvin Purvis was equally perfect. The location of old America of late 1920s and early 1930s is beautifully captured.
Direction is good, screenplay is slow but the plot demands slow screenplay as the movie is setup in 20s and it is necessary to present the life of that time perfectly to keep the essence of the movie as life was not fast at that time.
Another credit for background music of the movie which works as a soul. In all around this is one of the greatest movie done by Johnny Depp. A must watch for period movie lovers.