or one of those History Channel docs where they dryly cover all the facts and throw in reenactments.

The cinematography is great. Depp and Edgerton are great. The dialogue....not so much. Outside of a few scenes where a few small conversations spill out into something bigger, nothing really popped.

Depp really sells a lot of the scenes that are quiet because he's so focused on reading whoever's opposite of him. He pretty much earned a nomination from those dinner scenes alone.

The action is very matter-of-fact. Nothing stylistically flashy. Also nothing tense. Things just happen....and the film just moves on.


Also, I wish Scott Cooper cut all of the interrogations from the film. The film starts off as if they'll be used as a framing device to explain the exploits of Whitey but nothing notable is ever said in those scenes...just henchmen staring.

And the scenes with the FBI starting to catch on to Connolly felt really rushed and tacked on. Like I said before, there's no tension.