I can understand America's obsession with gangsters especially when it comes to Hollywood. This I have to say was an excellent movie and Johnny Depp does an excellent job as 1930's depression era bank robber John Dillinger. The movie chronicles his escape from prison in 1934 and the FBI's struggles to catch this uncatchable criminal. Johnny gives the character of Dillinger a certain swagger and coolness (for lack of better terms) and makes him very charismatic. Overall I have to say they did an excellent job with the movie and you follow Dillinger through all of his struggles with losing compatriots while managing to escape prison twice and elude Christian Bale's character (FBI agent Melvin Puris). The FBI as you see in this movie was not taken serious and you see how they developed their tactics for getting witnesses to talk and how they started the idea of using informants. The movie also stars Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra) as Pretty Boy Floyd, An excellent Jason Clarke (Death Race) as John "Red" Hamilton, Stephen Dorff (Blade) as Homer Van Meter, Billy Crudup (Watchmen) as J. Edgar Hoover, and an excellent performance from the beautiful Marion Cotillard (Nine) as John Dillinger's love interest Billy. The movie also features cameos by Giovanni Ribisi (Boiler Room), Shawn Hatosy (Alpha Dog), Former UFC fighter Don Frye, and Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut). I highly recommend this movie to all to see. Four Stars Out Of Five
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