Public Enemies

It was directed by Michael Mann. The screenplay was written by Ronan Bennett, Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, and Ann Biderman. Its runtime is 140 min.

The story was taken from the reality and was written by Bryan Burrough for the book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34".

The difficult 1930s 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 (Johnny Depp) who becomes a folk hero. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard) with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night.

The movie will be available early of August at SFX Cinema, SF Cinema City, and Major Cineplex in Pattaya.