Movie Critique: Public Enemies
Public Enemies
Public Enemies apprehends perfectly the political condition of our time. A film that talks
about the tumult and disarray of the Great Depression released at a time when America
had entered an unusual recession. The film tells the story of John Dillinger, a bank robber
who had little prospect of finding employment because of the economy’s downturn, and
decided to rebel against the failed economic system of democracy. Dillinger knew what
he wanted, and was willing to do about anything in order to make it happen, what he
didn’t know was that his immeasurable actions would lead to his misfortune.
As seen in beginning of the film, John Dillinger was a farm boy who grew up in a
very modest environment with no mother, and a father who would beat him because he
thought that it was the right way to raise him. As years passed you find Dillinger
planning a huge escape from the jail where he had been captured for 9 years, and in time
had mastered the art of robbing for a living. Succeeding at the getaway of him and his
comrades would then become the initiation of his delinquent adventure. Once he was out,
Dillinger saw a world he hadn’t been part of. Having all the money he pleased opened up
a door where he found himself surrounded by everything anyone could’ve wished for;
fast cars, exquisite food, expensive clothes and so. Money was his motivation, what drive
him to being so good at what he did. So good that no one could stop Dillinger nor his
gang, no jail was an
obstacle and that’s what endeared him to everyone. Many people saw Dillinger as an
outlaw for stealing from the banks that were responsible for the economic crisis everyone
was going through. Stealing at such arduous times seemed impossible.
The banks started having such bad failures that people started to make “Bank
Runs”. This made an impact in the market which lead to many crime waves across
America; one of them
Public Enemies apprehends perfectly the political condition of our time. A film that talks
about the tumult and disarray of the Great Depression released at a time when America
had entered an unusual recession. The film tells the story of John Dillinger, a bank robber
who had little prospect of finding employment because of the economy’s downturn, and
decided to rebel against the failed economic system of democracy. Dillinger knew what
he wanted, and was willing to do about anything in order to make it happen, what he
didn’t know was that his immeasurable actions would lead to his misfortune.
As seen in beginning of the film, John Dillinger was a farm boy who grew up in a
very modest environment with no mother, and a father who would beat him because he
thought that it was the right way to raise him. As years passed you find Dillinger
planning a huge escape from the jail where he had been captured for 9 years, and in time
had mastered the art of robbing for a living. Succeeding at the getaway of him and his
comrades would then become the initiation of his delinquent adventure. Once he was out,
Dillinger saw a world he hadn’t been part of. Having all the money he pleased opened up
a door where he found himself surrounded by everything anyone could’ve wished for;
fast cars, exquisite food, expensive clothes and so. Money was his motivation, what drive
him to being so good at what he did. So good that no one could stop Dillinger nor his
gang, no jail was an
obstacle and that’s what endeared him to everyone. Many people saw Dillinger as an
outlaw for stealing from the banks that were responsible for the economic crisis everyone
was going through. Stealing at such arduous times seemed impossible.
The banks started having such bad failures that people started to make “Bank
Runs”. This made an impact in the market which lead to many crime waves across
America; one of them