Black Mass
“Keep your enemies close.”
Director
Scott Cooper
Screenplay
Jez Butterworth, Mark Mallouk
Johnny Depp disappears into the role of real-life Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, who cut a secret deal to become an FBI informant while running one of the most violent criminal empires in the city's history. Director Scott Cooper, working from Dick Lehane and Gerard O'Neill's nonfiction account, surrounds Depp with a stacked ensemble including Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Kevin Bacon to trace the corrosive complicity between Bulger and the law enforcement meant to stop him. Depp's chilling, near-unrecognizable performance drew some of the strongest reviews of his later career. The film captures the moral rot of a city where crime and law enforcement became disturbingly indistinguishable.
Release
Sep 17, 2015
Budget
$53M
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Revenue
$100M
Cast
Johnny Depp
James 'Whitey' Bulger
Joel Edgerton
John Connolly
Julianne Nicholson
Marianne Connolly
Dakota Johnson
Lindsey Cyr
Kevin Bacon
FBI Agent Charles McGuire
Benedict Cumberbatch
Billy Bulger
Peter Sarsgaard
Brian Halloran
Juno Temple
Deborah Hussey
Jesse Plemons
Kevin Weeks
David Harbour
John Morris
Adam Scott
FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
Corey Stoll
Fred Wyshak
Bill Camp
John Callahan
Mark Mahoney
Mickey Maloney
Brad Carter
John McIntyre
Scott G. Anderson
Tommy King
Lonnie Farmer
DEA Agent Eric Olsen (Interrogator)
Erica McDermott
Mary Bulger
Owen Burke
Buddy Leonard
Lewis D. Wheeler
Jeremiah O'Sullivan
Jamie Donnelly
Mrs. Cody
David De Beck
Roger Wheeler
Gary Galone
State Captain
Rory Cochrane
Stephen Flemmi
James Russo
Agent Scott Gariola
Reviews
TMDB
6.5/10
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