TSI Five-O: Depp’s movie all the way; he pulls all the right strings
Johnny Depp can take any role and make it his own! Last
time we saw him on the silver screen as a Victorian barber and serial killer in “Sweeney Todd”, this time Depp gets into the skin of a crazed bank-robber, who’s clever, cocky and charming too! Michael Mann’s delivered incredible films before, and though “Public Enemies” is not his best, it’s still darn good. Taking a page out of reality, more precisely out of Bryan Burrough’s non-fiction bestseller, Mann takes the audience into the days of the Depression, when John Dillinger (Depp) is released from prison, after serving a nine-year sentence, and he goes on to walk back into the same prison and free the rest of his gang!
That’s how audacious and mad Depp’s character is, and he owns the film as he robs banks with much derring-do and goes on to fall in love with nightclub hat-check girl Billie Frechette (French actress Marion Cotillard makes a triumphant major American studio debut). Christian Bale plays special agent Melvin Purvis, and while he’s effective as the cop chasing the gangster, he’s not even close to being the central character. Most characters have not been explored completely, and so all through it is Depp who moves you, who gets your pulse racing, and who you find yourself cheering for as he loots one bank after another!
The suspense has been brilliantly created in this film, and as the noose around Dillinger tightens and the inevitability of his end gets clear, your heart goes out for the crook. “Public Enemies” doesn’t break new ground, but is certainly one of the better films of this year.
Johnny Depp can take any role and make it his own! Last
time we saw him on the silver screen as a Victorian barber and serial killer in “Sweeney Todd”, this time Depp gets into the skin of a crazed bank-robber, who’s clever, cocky and charming too! Michael Mann’s delivered incredible films before, and though “Public Enemies” is not his best, it’s still darn good. Taking a page out of reality, more precisely out of Bryan Burrough’s non-fiction bestseller, Mann takes the audience into the days of the Depression, when John Dillinger (Depp) is released from prison, after serving a nine-year sentence, and he goes on to walk back into the same prison and free the rest of his gang!That’s how audacious and mad Depp’s character is, and he owns the film as he robs banks with much derring-do and goes on to fall in love with nightclub hat-check girl Billie Frechette (French actress Marion Cotillard makes a triumphant major American studio debut). Christian Bale plays special agent Melvin Purvis, and while he’s effective as the cop chasing the gangster, he’s not even close to being the central character. Most characters have not been explored completely, and so all through it is Depp who moves you, who gets your pulse racing, and who you find yourself cheering for as he loots one bank after another!
The suspense has been brilliantly created in this film, and as the noose around Dillinger tightens and the inevitability of his end gets clear, your heart goes out for the crook. “Public Enemies” doesn’t break new ground, but is certainly one of the better films of this year.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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