Black
Mass 8/10
I
finally got a chance to watch the movie Black Mass starring Johnny
Depp. Before I saw this he as pretty much the only person I knew was
in the movie. Turns out there was also Joel Edgerton, Benedict
Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Peter
Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, and Dakota Johnson. I
had heard of the guy James”Whitey” Bulger mostly after he was
captured but didn't know much else about him. This movie managed to
cover a good portion of his criminal career as well as the corruption
in the FBI that was supposed to be taking him down.
Johnny
Depp has one of his best performances in years as Bulger. I like when
I can watch a movie and forget that I am watching a movie and I felt
that was with this. Bulger is controlling organized crime in Boston
and starts off small but gets big fast because he and his gang are
ruthless as hell. They will beat people to death that you thought
were their friends because of mistakes they made. Joel Edgerton plays
FBI agent John Connolly that grew up with Bulger and his brother and
now senator William Bulger played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Bulger
trades information with Connolly for the ability to continue his
criminal ways. He pretty much uses the FBI to get rid of his enemies.
Whitey's
crew doesn't exactly agree with the way they have to follow Bulger
working with the FBI. They don't want to be seen as rats but Whitey
doesn't see it that way. As more money rolls in and things move from
racketeering to drugs shit gets crazier and far more violent. This
was a really cool movie and I wish I had checked it out sooner. I
kept hearing how good it was but had to catch up on other films
before finally watching it.
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