The film depicts the rise & fall of the infamous Irish-American crime boss, Whitey Bulger who became an FBI informant in order to get away with as much as he possibly could in Boston during the 70's and 80's.
Aided by an impressive cast, Depp gives a subtle yet empowering performance that kept me uncomfortably mesmerized. However I couldn't help but feel the story needed a good extra hour of padding to really give it the impact it appeared to be aiming for. There was so much going on that they briefly skimmed over, as a whole it never really explores anything we haven't seen before with a film like this. In the end it's a slightly above average film with some really great performances.
3 confused doormen out of 5
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