3 1/2 Stars
I did not know much about Whitey Bulger before seeing "Black Mass" other than he was a crime boss from Boston and was a fugitive for many years before being captured in 2011.
First rate cast all around from Johnny Depp to the actors portraying the FBI agents working in the Boston FBI office. Especially good is Joel Edgerton, who plays John Connolly, an FBI agent who grew up in South Boston and crosses ethical and legal lines in his dealings with Whitey Bulger.
As noted by other posters, there is a lot of violence and profanity in "Blaok Mass." But the acting is excellent.
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Born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. Chicago 1979 to 1986. Northwest Suburbs of Chicago - Schaumburg since 1988.
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