Black Mass stars Johnny Depp as the title character James "Whitey" Bulger and tells the the story behind the rise and fall of Boston's kingpin in the early 90s. The story focuses around Whitey's relationship with childhood friend and now FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), who through a mutual understanding forge a one sided alliance between Bulger and the FBI. As the years pass Connolly's corruptions seeps deeper and deeper until Whitey sits on Boston's throne as protected FBI informant.
I'm going to keep my review short for Black Mass because odds are if you wanted to see this movie you saw it last weekend when the hype was at its peak. Yes Johnny Depp is awesome in the movie, his performance is the best he's given in years. Also terrific is the performance of Edger Edgerton) who plays up both the sympathetic and ignorant personality of John Connolly. Outside the performances is where the movie loses its girth and wholes and missed opportunities start to show more prevalently. I wanted this movie to be a big crime drama and deliver a modern day goodfella's or even something like the Departed...but its just not that type of movie. I feel my biggest criticism with the movie is that is lacked a level of ambition I think material like this deserves. The plot on paper is amazing and dynamic but it the movie the plot seems like a side note behind the characters involved. The directions is just okay, the cinematography is nothing special, and the score is just typical. Theres nothing in the movie I hated its just all as expected and nothing but the performances really defied standard. Black Mass is worth a trip to theatres just for Depp and Edgerton, but I think the best of 2015 (at least as far as Oscar Bait goes) is still to come.
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