Black Mass Movie Review

Black Mass, a movie , starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cummberbatch , Joel Edgerton, and Dakota Johnson , entails the life of notorious Boston gangster and FBI's most wanted,  James "Whitey" Bulger. Bulger has been in and out of America's worst prisons and had been a thug all around Boston, MA and across the US in the 60's 70's 80's , until is arrest 4 years ago, after going off the grid to avoid being a prisoner for the rest of his life.  However, that didn't work, and he and his crew in the 70s and 80s, in Boston,  would assert their dominance as gangsters with drug trafficking , challenging local gangsters, and killing anyone viewed as a threat to them. The FBI at the time, tried to get their hands on Whitey , but he would always hide out and cover his tracks from his actions. Yet, as the movie goes along, Whitey (Depp) makes a deal with an FBI agent (Edgerton) , who is a childhood friend of his , and they work together to track down rival gangs around Boston and potentially around the US. With Whitey serving as somewhat of an informant, the FBI and (Edgerton) look like heroes taking down these thugs. But that is not all, Whitey has plans of his own, as apart of his deal with the FBI, some of his criminal records are wiped clean. In additon, since the FBI is focused on tracking down other gangesters, Whitey begins to reestablish his drug/gangester empire and gets away with it for quite some time. Whitey also had political connections, his brother, was the mayor of Boston, William Bulger( Cummberbatch), keeps Whitey under the radar. Yet, his notorious thug brother, might disrupt his political aspirations , by their familial connection to each other.

Overall, directors  Jon McBride, John Polonia, Ed Cookson and Scott Cooper , do an excellent job of capturing the imagery and vibe of Boston during these times and the cimematography was well done. My rating of this film, is an 8/10. It's one of the best movies out this fall. Go see it, if you haven't already.