America in the 1930s

Francis 2022-04-21 09:01:24

In 1933, the United States was still in the era of the Great Depression and an era of soaring crime rates. On the one hand, people's hearts are floating and the society is impetuous; on the other hand, the law is not sound.
The protagonist Di Lingjie, with his bank robbery team, reveals a sense of shrewdness in crime. And their sincere cooperation enables them to leave the crime scene in one minute and forty seconds each time. The heroine appeared at a reception, and the two fell in love at first sight. Although they are two different ways of life, love still brought them together and produced a life-and-death love that we will never forget.
Dillinger had the means and the wit, the cruelty and the blood, but he was honest and compassionate at the same time. If he was dishonest, he could have lied to that girlfriend the first time; if he had no sympathy, he wouldn't tell a client when he was robbing a bank that he only robbed bank money.
The FBI at the time was, to put it bluntly, the government's secret service. They also tried their best to deal with criminals, and even tortured Di Linger's girlfriend to extract a confession. In the end, Dillinger's arrest was also brought about by these so-called righteous people with contemptuous means. This can't help but remind me of China in the 1940s, what kind of military system, to put it bluntly, no one is a good thing. Just like war, most of the wars in the world have no justice or injustice, and it has always been for a small number of people for certain interests behind them.
I don't know if I like this male lead or what, but in the end, after he was betrayed by the people around him, I actually felt a little sympathy. In the end, Parvis resigned. The title of the film is "Enemies of Society", and it's actually quite confusing.

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Extended Reading
  • Bernardo 2021-10-20 19:02:40

    The plot is chaotic, the clues are blurred, and the most important thing is that the texture presented by digital high-definition photography does not match the background of the times.

  • Kiarra 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    If you compare this movie with "Afternoon on a Hot Day", which is also a bank robbery theme, then Johnny Depp is just a bank robbery version of Chen Haonan. The real god can only be Al Pacino. And the social contradiction that the director wanted to reveal in "Public Enemy", compared to "Afternoon on a Hot Day", can only be regarded as a few dog scratches in the swimming pool.

Public Enemies quotes

  • John Dillinger: At the arraignment, they're gonna try and transfer me to the state pen. What can you do for me?

    Louis Piquett: What's on your mind?

    John Dillinger: The electric chair.

  • John Dillinger: You can be a dead hero or a live coward.