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Public Enemies
DEPP, 'PUBLIC ENEMIES': DREAMY
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A master at deconstructing crime stories, director Michael Mann has built a neon-lit gallery of bad guys and man-hunters, twinned versions off the same samurai template. ... Mann's latest crime story projects minimalist cool, rarely reaching out to pull you into hot cinematic waters. Instead, the dense, gorgeous HD hyperreality of "Public Enemies" is a little distancing, as though we were half in and half out of a compelling dream or hypnotic trance, or a dying man's flashback. ...Full Review
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