Playing in theaters since Friday, "Black Mass" staring Johnny Depp is a tale of the real life south Boston mobster James Whitey Bulger who in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s was a focal force in organized crime.
Screen writers Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth transformed Dick Lehr and Gerard O' Neill's book into a delicious dialog of deceitful deception.
If your anticipating an action packed gangster movie riddled with gratuitous violence, "Black Mass" is not for your eyes. If you crave story over excessive special effects, "Black Mass" is right up your alley.
This movie illustrates the realities of organized crime being married to the law, primarily the FBI due to large amounts of money. Big money blinds the greedy on both sides of the law to overlook vicious murders and leading children 12-years-old and younger into drugs.
"Black Mass" makes it clear that 70s, 80s and 90s FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) grew up with Bulger in Boston and remained friends with him while working for the FBI.
"Black Mass" illustrates how Bulger hornswoggled the FBI into helping him fight his north Boston enemies legally while he escaped justice despite being a cold blooded murder and aiding young children into drug addiction. Bulger made his money mostly by racketeering and extortion. He personally killed more then ten people because they were cutting into his share of illegal money or he was afraid they would rat him out.
I give "Black Mass" a solid three star rating. Personally, I would have liked to see more violence and action in this movie, simply because of its nature, but I clearly understood the writers intentions of shying away from screen violence and focusing on a gripping story-line and I applaud that. "Black Mass" is not a must see on the big screen, but a definite watch when it comes to Netflix, DVD and other multi-media networks.
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