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if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The acting in this movie is really good.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

BLACK MASS is a crime thriller that strives to hark back to the 1990s era of similar filmmaking, with movies like DONNIE BRASCO and GOODFELLAS ruling the day. This one stars Johnny Depp as a feared and infamous assassin who worked alongside corrupt cops while taking down a string of victims during his violent career. He managed to evade the authorities for many years, no mean feat in itself. The film's plot is packed with murder and violent incident, but it feels like an attempt to return to glory days rather than being anything new or fresh. The profanity irritated me a bit and the endless parade of familiar faces have little to work with. There's no sense of era, really, just more and more time spent in the company of hateful or corrupted characters. I enjoyed it to a degree, but is it one I'd keep coming back to? Not particularly. In addition, Depp's prosthetics - and in particular contact lenses - are too distracting.

Black MassThere is enough darkness in the lead character to give you goosebumps as you cringe yourself on the seat and luckily Johnny justifies it as he empowers each and every actor and character in this throwback of 70-80's old gangsta drama.

First off, although he is no longer the golden boy, John Depp's performance is captivating. He imbues a reality and depth of character which is faultless and reminds the viewer that he is more than a foppish pirate or a Tim Burton stooge but an actor of great range.The actual historicity is no doubt very much in question but this is still a good, entertaining movie.I agree with some other reviewers that this could easily have become a masterpiece with just a little bit of tweaking. Scorsese instantly springs to mind although I doubt that he would have cast Depp.Overall a very good movie with well fleshed out characters, well acted by a quality cast.Give it a view.

I liked this biographical crime drama thriller from the director of Out Of The Furnace (2013), Scott Cooper, and starring Johnny Depp as the infamous Irish American Gangster, James "Whitey" Bulger. Depp gave an incredible performance with his scary looks that you don't want to mess with. I have heard some people say it's boring. However, it is a drama, and it's supposed to be slow. Regardless, I don't care what people say. I really love to see him in crime drama films more than other genres. Johnny Depp himself said that this is his favorite out of all the films he has done.