Black Mass (2015)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 2 hours and 2 minutes

 

Genre: Biography, Drama and Crime

 

Director: Scott Cooper

 

Writer: Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth

 

Actors: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons and Kevin Bacon

 

Budget: $53,000,000

 

Box Office: $99,975,678

Feedback: This isn't to be a really great film to watch, unless you are a really big fan of gangster films.

 

Positives:

• Intriguing tone quality for the film's atmosphere

• Smoothing music score

• Good sound design

• Police headquarters scenes are fun

• Film shot choices are actually not bad

Mixed:

• A few actors are not bad, but some might be uncomfortable to watch

Negatives:

• Very long runtime

• Scenes that really doesn't add to the story at all and they can get really confusing to what the goal is all about

• Very generic tropes for a gangster film

• Not a big fan of the character's dialect

• Pacing is completely boring since the scenes don't last long

• Too dark for the camera

 

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5.5)

Character/Acting 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6.5)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

32.5/50                                           6.5/10