Scott Cooper’s harrowing examination of the tense relationship between the FBI and one of Boston’s most notorious criminal groups, the Winter Hill gang. While being challenged by the New England Mafia the Winter Hill’s leader, James ‘Whitely’ Bulger (played with menacing presence by Johnny Depp) is approached by the FBI to help bring those challenging him down.

It begins a troubled relationship, with blind eyes being turned and an increasing paranoia involved on both sides as they straddle the legal line in the sand back and forth. Depp is joined by a stellar cast including Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, and Corey Stoll.

The film had its London Film Festival premiere over the weekend, Cassam Looch and Colin Hart

Johnny Depp

Benedict Cumberbatch

 

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John Lesher