1933 was the fourth year of the Great Depression in the United States. For the common man, it was the most difficult time, and everyone was at risk of starvation at any time; but for the robbers, it was the golden age of their bank robbery.
After the golden dream of free trade in the United States was shattered, the Great Depression and the prohibition of alcohol followed, making the black and evil forces in the United States like a duck to water.
In this historical background, the film "Public Enemy" described in this article was born .
"Public Enemy" is adapted from the true story of the real character bank robber John Herbert. The film contains police + robbers, Buick cars and trains, the Great Depression + robbing banks, rogue + songgirl, rogue + best friend, rogue + The prostitute and many other elements make it a historical crime film worth watching.
In the United States in the 1930s, under the Great Depression, everyone panicked and didn't know what to do. In such turbulent times, some daring people began to use their means to compete with the entire society.
With the help of the media, a large number of highly active social gangsters have been "myths turned into idols", and many people have become supporters of these social gangsters.
It is widely believed that the greed of the banks caused the Great Depression. The thieves who rob banks are symbols of violence against corruption and authority.
A man named John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) became one of the most popular criminals during the Great Depression for robbing a bank in broad daylight. Public Enemy Number One.
For the newly appointed FBI Director Hoover (Billy Crudup), the arrest of John Dillinger is of great significance, so he made the case a top priority, and established the Melvin A task force led by Purvis (Christian Bale).
John Dillinger knew that one man's strength could not stand against a government, so he joined forces with several other notorious robbers, including "Babyface" Nelson and "Pretty Boy" Freud, and his lover Billie Frequet.
Not only were the group not intimidated by the government's arrest request, but they even intensified their robbery of banks and started several gun battles with the police on the streets.
Although Melvin Purvis received a tip in advance several times and arranged for the arrest, John Dillinger miraculously escaped the police pursuit each time.
He was eventually arrested and brought to justice. In an interview after his arrest, he chatted with reporters: "It only takes me 1 minute and 40 seconds to rob a bank!"
He is not shy about his experience of robbery and imprisonment, and even talks freely. "10 years ago I robbed Mr. Morgan for $50! I was arrested and jailed for 10 years, but I met my brother in prison. So, 10 years later, I helped the brothers escape together."
Dillinger escaped twice during his prison career, the first at Michigan State Penitentiary. He robbed the guards of the weapons in broad daylight, changed the guards' clothes, and successfully escaped from prison with his accomplices John Hamilton, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and "Baby Face" Nelson.
After successfully escaping, they came to Chicago, where they robbed banks for a living. They robbed in broad daylight, with black trench coats, black top hats, guns in both hands, and swaggered into the bank without any pretense.
They had a clear goal, pressing the bank counter staff, threatening them with guns, and handing over all the money in the bank.
The successful jailbreak and bank robbery brought John's gang to fame, Megatron all over the world. People from all over the world came to visit.
One of them suggested kidnapping to John, but John flatly refused. John's principle is: I'm the one hiding in the public, I don't do anything against the public interest, he just robs the bank.
In order to avoid being wanted, he also performed a small cosmetic surgery on himself. After the plastic surgery, he publicly lived in downtown Chicago, staying with his brothers in high-end hotels, high-end restaurants, buying luxury cars, drinking good wine, and watching sports. Race...experience everything a rich man can enjoy. By chance, John met the hostess in a restaurant. She was just an ordinary clerk in Chicago, doing the job of hanging clothes for customers.
Dillinger fell in love with her at first sight, and then took her to live a prosperous life together.
They went to high-end restaurants to eat together, went to the racetrack to bet on horses together, and the two began to fall into a fiery love.
In the process of falling in love with the heroine, the heroine wanted to know him better. He introduced to the heroine: I grew up in the town of Axis Moore, Indiana. When I was three years old, my mother died. My father often beat me because he I don't know how to educate children at all. I like watching baseball, watching movies, sports cars, whiskey, and you.
He also revealed his true identity to the heroine, a number one criminal wanted by the US government.
When Billie arrived, his face was gloomy and he questioned him: "Dillinger, you never thought about the future."
Dillinger replied to her: "Don't worry, I'm smarter than them, smarter than them, I can rob the bank at will, they can only guard the bank clumsily."
The implication is that the police will never catch me, they are all defeated.
Indeed, for the police, catching Dillinger is indeed not an easy task.
The police team led by Christian Bale had already targeted Dillinger's every move, but every arrest ended in failure. , and even cost the lives of teammates.
Dillinger and his brother have very strong detection and anti-investigation capabilities. Therefore, every time the police have not made an arrest, the robber will flee first.
In desperation, Bell asked his boss to let him lead his original men to arrest him. His original men were old but experienced, and only they could deal with the cunning Dillinger.
So Dillinger just promised Billy that he would die in her arms during the day, and was arrested by the police at night.
In desperation, Dillinger was forced to separate from Billie and was escorted to Indiana, where there was only one trial, and Dillinger escaped again.
This time's escape was more intense and exciting than the first time, with more careful guards and more excitement after a successful escape.
He had thought that after this escape, he would return to robbing banks for a living. Unexpectedly, the times have quietly changed, and the people around him have chosen a different path from him.
With his brother who escaped from prison for the first time, some got the money to open a grocery store, and some started a phone gambling business...
They either lived a stable life, or lived a life of money making money, only Dillinger was still obsessed with the bank robbery of the past.
After Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in 1933, the social environment changed accordingly. The former "robbery idol" is no longer a hero in the eyes of the people, but a thorn in everyone's eyes, and it has also become a hidden safety hazard that was avoided by former accomplices. Chased by powerful enemies, betrayed by friends, and forced into a corner, Dillinger made beautiful but desperate struggles again and again.
But in the end, he fell under the guns of the besiegers.
The so-called times create heroes, and in that era of social turmoil in the United States, a villain like Dillinger was created; it was also in the new social background of social stability and economic recovery that ended such a heroic figure.
Dillinger was the end of an era. He ended a frantic and turbulent era in America. Dillinger died, and the era of the United States died, and with the growth of the FBI in the United States, a new era slowly began.
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