Public Enemies Reviews

Why is it that anyone who is critical of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" is promptly branded as a "hater" on this Web site? I don't hate this film or the filmmaker, I just believe it's not a very good film. I've... Read more

Micheal Mann's Public Enemies is a film of sombre drama and explosive violence, adrenaline highs and sobering death; a battle of the righteous and the villainous. Combining his love for gangster films and that of period dramas, Mann lets his passion... Read more

Public Enemies, this film has been built up for quite a while, why not? It stars Johnny Depp as one of history's most famous bank robbers. Also the city of Chicago has been excited to see this, in some strange way... Read more

Public Enemies is an alright docu-crime-thriller that, thought well-made, ends up coming out dry. Many of the scenes are well paced, but in its running time the film feels like a very rushed overview of the final years of John Dillinger.... Read more

This will go in my books as one of those movies that was so "almost there". On the face of it the movie has all the right ingredients, but it fails to come together to make a meaningful movie experience. The... Read more

I'll spare you any suspense, here. Simply put, Public Enemies is a major disappointment. There is one aspect that the film has going for it, though, and that is the performances. Johnny Depp is great but, as I've read in other... Read more

I was really looking forward to this movie - primarily because of Depp and Mann's involvement, and, as if often the case when a movie I've anticipated finally arrives, I feared a let-down. But thankfully, this is one of those happy... Read more

Movies about cops and robbers are as old as movies themselves. We've seen hundreds of versions of bank robberies and yet somehow we're still drawn to the very nature of breaking the law. So in that sense, Public Enemies offers nothing... Read more

Who was John Dillinger? We all know he was a flamboyant criminal who robbed banks, but who WAS he? The question of who Dillinger WAS is far more interesting than the question of what Dillinger DID, but this film, sadly, chose... Read more

The name John Dillinger sends a chill down the back of people from several generations. The memory of his fame fades faster and faster. Those directly affected by his actions probably wish they could forget. Born to people who were children... Read more