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It's a Michael Mann film, so of course the period detail is immaculate and the set-pieces are pulled off with aplomb, but Public Enemies is a strangely unmoving experience. Johnny Depp's John Dillinger is oddly neutral while his dogged FBI pursuer (Christian Bale) is a torturer. Ultimately, this lacks the sense of unhinged danger that you want from gangsterdom and get from Scorsese. Mann is a permacool control-freak and this is a long way from the strut of authentic Hollywood Hoodlumville. It's like Heat cooled down.
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