Review of Black Mass (2015) by Viet Phuong N — 30 Oct 2015
Meh... It is hard to believe that such violent film about violent and charismatic characters can be that boring. But "Black Mass" is indeed boring, just like "Crazy Heart" - a better-praised film by Scott Cooper is boring.
Fragmented editing with poor tempo and next-to-none character development really wasted all the shocking moments of characters beaten up, characters assassinated, characters murdered. Depp is not bad, but not terrific either, even in comparison with Joel Edgerton, who is much better in his role of the utterly idiotic Connolly.
A passable film, no more, no less. (And I have no idea why they paid a lot of efforts in making Depp look alike "Whitey" in real life, only to later select Cumberbatch to be his younger brother even though their appearances are totally different).
This review of Black Mass (2015) was written by Viet Phuong N on 30 Oct 2015.
Black Mass has generally received positive reviews.
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