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A film based on a non fiction book by Bryan Burrough about the events of John Dillinger's career as a gangster in the Great Depression. An interesting look at a turbulant period in American history, when John Dillinger's gang robbed banks, while being chased by FBI agents. It also chronicles the relationship between Dillinger and a waitress who he promises to run away with. This dramatisation is quite good, although there is quite a lot of violence. (Mainly gun fights, the gang vs. police, or the gang vs. the FBI.
Johnny Depp is good as John Dillinger, proving that he has range beyond portraying weird characters. He is a strong presence throughout the film, showing that the harshness that a gang leader in that time would have had to have to survive. It was easy to believe that this person would do what he did. Christian Bale is also good as the FBI agent who has been assigned by J. Edgar Hoover to the case. He shows the determination that an agent would have had to show during that period when such crimes were rampant.
The other actors, including Marion Cotillard, were also good in their roles. 9/10.