7. Black Mass
When I heard that Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, and an ensemble of other fantastic actors were bringing the story of infamous Boston kingpin Whitey Bulger to life, I was thrilled. After all, Depp certainly needed a win after the Mortdecai disaster being the latest in a string of mediocre, Halloween store roles. The trailers and images looked great, with Depp seemingly melting into the deliriously evil, power hungry monster. However, the film turned out to be utterly laborious, with absolutely horrific pacing throwing off any momentum that Depp’s fun if slightly over the performance thought. It certainly doesn’t help that most of the other performances were utterly lame, with Edgerton, Cumberbatch, and Peter Sarsgaard in particular slurring through fake Boston accents to further secure how dull the story is. It’s a bunch of actors playing dress up for two hours, instead of delivering a film with the class and brutality of a proper crime epic.
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