The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
14 May 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 June 1956, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
25 May 1964, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
24 June 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 September 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 September 1965, London, England, UK
17 December 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 August 1986, Freeport, Illinois, USA
11 July 1952, New York City, New York, USA
23 February 1961, San Francisco, California, USA
10 August 1966, New York City, New York, USA
June 14, 2015
The reflection of pink neon off the crimson silk of a lawman's tie as he stands in wait under the Biograph marquee; a patch of sodium-vapor orange city sky above a bridge as magnetic and floating as a square in a Rothko canvas...
July 03, 2009
It's a fascinating moment in history, and Mann captures the cars, the guns and the buildings with painstaking, immersive authenticity.
July 03, 2009
Even the bank jobs and prison breaks feel perfunctory and enervated.
July 06, 2009
I do think this is a film worth seeing, so obviously, I say see it.
July 03, 2009
It tills the old ground, albeit with new-style star power and Mann's signature cinematic flourishes. But Depp is unduly subdued and Mann's cape work is oversold.
September 29, 2012
It's looking more and more like Michael Mann will never be able to recapture that Heat hotness.
May 26, 2013
On a sweltering July day in 1934, John Dillinger went to the movies and ended up dead. Now, 75 years later, the movies are killing him again.
September 24, 2014
The desperate times in which we suddenly find ourselves ... make Public Enemies seem especially timely.
July 03, 2009
If John Dillinger had not existed... Michael Mann would have had to invent him.
June 22, 2016
Only Depp prevents the film sinking beneath its own weight. His performance is so stunning, the rest of the big-name cast is almost wasted as he absorbs the audience's full attention.
