New Review from Test Screening of Channing Tatum’s ‘Public Enemies’
November 14, 2008 · Print This Article | Email This Article
Channing Tatum’s true-life, 1930’s crime drama ‘Pubic Enemies‘ that also stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale has already been voted one of the most anticipated films of 2009, and now Ain’t It Cool News has posted a review from someone who recently attended a screening of the highly-anticipated, unfinished Michael Mann film which was held this past Wednesday night (November 12th) at the Mann Westlake Village movie theater in California.
You can CLICK HERE to read the entire review, but here’s some highlights from the insider’s review of the film…
“I’ve been away for a while but finally caught a test screening worth talking about again. 
Just got back from a screening of Michael Mann’s Public Enemies with Johnny Depp as gangster John Dillinger and Christian Bale as the FBI agent hunting him. Mr. Mann was in attendance, in fact he sat right behind me…
Anyway, the movie runs about 2 hours 40 minutes right now by my estimation… The cast is excellent - everyone. Johnny Depp is charming and funny and Bale does a fine “serious man-on-a-mission”.
It starts off with a dramatic breakout of Johnny’s gang from prison with a pretty killer Mann caliber shootout, and then we meet Christion Bale as a rising star in the FBI tapped to lead the manhunt for Dillinger. J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup - excellent) hand picks him for the job and while the scenes with Hoover are good and somewhat entertaining by themselves I don’t think they necessarily contribute that much to the movie…
The best part is the love story between Dillinger and actress Marion Cotillard from La Vie en Rose, who plays a bright girl leading a fairly simple life who Dillinger falls in love with (rather quickly - but it’s humorous and it works). Their relationship is well developed and the most effective storyline, interleaved well in to the movie as to not take away from the action for too long… which is important because that is what Michael Mann does best and there’s plenty of it in this movie…
I do think this will be a terrific movie when it’s done, way better than Ali and better than Miami Vice (which I enjoyed)…”
‘Pubic Enemies‘ is set to hit US theaters on July 1, 2009, and you can go to IMDB to get a complete list of the current release dates around the world. The word on the street is that we may get to see the trailer for ‘Pubic Enemies‘ before the historical drama ‘Frost/Nixon‘ when it hits select theaters on December 5, 2008 and has a wide release on December 25, 2008.
Scheduled DVD release date for Channing Tatum's '
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