Black Mass
Inspired by his criminal works and his strategy of using violence in solving his problems, this movie chronicles the life story of an Irish, Whitey Bulger, who is an FBI informant, who, makes a deal with his brother, Billy Bulger, a state senator, to take power, but when an Italian Mafia, stands in his way, he fights them brutally, the thing that leads the authorities to declare him as the most dangerous criminal ever.
3 April 1973, Santa Cruz, California, USA
30 March 1966, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 March 1976, New York City, New York, USA
9 May 1974, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
23 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
5 December 1973, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
20 August 1953, Malden, Massachusetts, USA
20 August 1946, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1 July 1971, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
July 14, 2016
A gripping character study and the best-acted film of the year so far, an unnerving look at the pursuit of power.
July 11, 2016
You've seen better mob movies, and much better Depps.
February 24, 2017
Black Mass attempts to be something great; yet, when thinking back to it, it's likely only the acting that will be remembered. The film is riddled with common gangster tropes and underdeveloped characters.
September 18, 2015
Depp's performance as Bulger is as strong, and as energized, as anything he's done on screen for years.
March 23, 2017
Since the ground covered in Black Mass has been covered before many, many times, and often much better, I think a moratorium should be placed on stories centered on the rise and and fall of gangsters
September 18, 2015
It's as if the spirit of a psychopath like Bulger resists the camera. Or maybe the movie isn't imaginative enough to penetrate his shell.
September 21, 2015
How much longer must we subscribe, as moviegoers, to the sentimental brotherhood of violence?
February 22, 2017
Depp sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise bland crime drama. And when the film isn't distracting, it's mostly just plain boring.
September 19, 2015
The role is Depp's best in many years, and a welcome respite from the parade of prancing pseudo-villains-Mortdecai, the Wolf, Barnabas Collins, Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka-to which he has devoted far too much of his career.
September 18, 2015
[Depp] holds the screen as pure malevolence.
November 10, 2015
Black Mass... can't figure Whitey out. Developments that seem important come and go without their mark on the man being clear.
