Public Enemies
Release Date: 12/08/2009
Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann's sprawling historical crime drama follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale ) in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great Depression, charming bandit Dillinger (Johnny Depp) was virtually u ...
Actor(s): Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Director(s): Michael Mann
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Crime, Feature
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The Spirit
Release Date: 04/14/2009
A resurrected cop does battle with a villain whose quest for immortality threatens an entire metropolis in Sin City creator Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's acclaimed graphic novel. When a rookie cop is brutally killed and mysteriously brought back to life, he assumes the guise of The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) -- a masked crime fighter who prowls the shadows of Central City on a supernatural mission to keep the urban landscape safe. Upon discovering that his arch nemesis, The Octopus (Samuel L ...
Actor(s): Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson
Director(s): Frank Miller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Crime, Feature
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