Public Enemies: Badass

Michael Mann is, hands down, my favorite director.  Mann has done such films as Heat, Collateral, Ali, and Miami Vice, and most recently Public Enemies (which has all the potential for epicness).  Thompsons, gangsters, and bank robberies return the audience to an era when crime was a respectable profession.

Public Enemies is based upon the true story of John Dillinger, a bank robber from the 1930's, played by Jack Sparrow Johnny Depp.  Dillinger had a rep of being a robin hood type hero, and established bank robbing as a fashionable career during the Depression.

Depp's foil is played by Batman Christian Bale, who is the FBI agent leading the case.  The FBI was established shortly before this era to combat smugglers and bootleggers during the time of prohibition.  When the crime waves of the 1930's hit the FBI was dispatched to quell such thieves.

Mann has always been a fanstic director and knows how to properly utilize firearms in film.  Mick Gould has been the weapons advisor for a ton of Mann's films (Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice) and luckily he is also behind Public Enemies.  Gould retired from a 10 year career with the British SAS and you can see a clip of him above conducting training for the movie Collateral.  The weapons handling is phenomenal and I have no doubts the weapons will look fantastic in Public Enemies.

I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this film.  A great story, amazing actors, and bad ass weapons will make this film awesome.