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Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.

Plot
In the 1930s, there is a time of robbers who knock over banks and other rich targets with alarming frequency. Of them, none is more notorious than John Dillinger, whose gang plies its trade with cunning efficiency against big businesses while leaving ordinary citizens alone. As Dillinger becomes a folk hero, FBI head J. Edger Hoover is determined to stop his ilk by assigning ace agent Melvin Purvis to hunt down Dillinger. As Purvis struggles with the manhunt's realities, Dillinger himself faces an ominous future with the loss of friends, dwindling options, and a changing world of organized crime with no room for him.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The setting of 1930's Chicago and much of Illinois is well-done.
 * 2) Amazing cinematography.
 * 3) Realistic visual effects.
 * 4) The actors such as Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard gave a decent performance.
 * 5) Good action sequences.
 * 6) The soundtrack that was composed by Elliot Goldenthal is amazing.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are elements

Critical response
The film received generally mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. On Rotten Tomatoes, it had a 68% based on 277 reviews, with an average rating of 6.38/10. The site's critics consensus states: "Michael Mann's latest is a competent and technically impressive gangster flick with charismatic lead performances, but some may find the film lacks truly compelling drama." At Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

Trivia

 * Burrough originally intended to make a television miniseries about the Depression-era crime wave in the United States, but decided to write a book on the subject instead.