2009 · crime · drama · biography
Public Enemies (2009)
Directed by Michael Mann2h 20m2009
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Our read: Public Enemies (2009) (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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- intense
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