I love gangster movies. There’s just something about the look, the feel, the wise guy chatter (“We’re gonna knock over this bank without hurtin’ the dames, see … ”). A good gangster flick hooks you, almost romances your imagination. And Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is not only good, it pays homage to — and I honestly don’t even know if it’s politically correct to term it this way — the glory days of the genre.
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