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My first movie review is of director Michael Mann's Public Enemies. I went into this movie with a lot to be expected because of his other works like Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Heat, and The Insider. Which all were very well done films. The movie that had been hyped for so long as an edgy crime drama with the great Johnny Depp playing the famous 1930's bank robber John Dillinger, and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, an FBI agent hired to catch Dillinger. The movie is as straight forward as can be, meaning no origin of Dillinger that you have to pay attention to in order to follow the film. Which is essentially how Mann does with all of his films. The film was great in making it seem as a realistic as possible, which the film is based off of true events, but he doesn't try and hollywoodize(meaning big budget explosions with action theme to it) it. The best scene of the movie was a shootout scene at night at a house in Wisconsin. After that, the film seemed to drag on a little more than necessary, surprising me of this very talented filmaker. Everyone would expect Johnny Depp to take this film to next level, but never really does. Surprisingly the one would carry this film was the ones around Depp and Bale. Marion Cotillard was a very strong role in the film as well. To rate this film it will be on a scale of 1 to 10, but one being the worst gangster ever or Kevin Federline, and 10 being the best gangster ever or Tony Montana from Scarface. I'll give it a 7.