Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 68 % , based on 263 reviews , with an average rating of 6.4 / 10 . At Metacritic it is ranked 70/100 , which indicates " generally favorable reviews . " Shortly before the theatrical release of '' Public Enemies '' , Burrough wrote that director Michael Mann " impressed him as a real stickler for historical accuracy . Yes , there is fictionalization in this movie , including some to the timeline , but that 's Hollywood ; if it was 100 % accurate , you would call it a documentary . " Dillinger 's jailbreak from Crown Point , Indiana , the gunfight at the Little Bohemia Lodge , and Dillinger 's death near the Biograph Theater in Chicago were all filmed where they actually happened . Burrough 's non-fiction book on which the film is based details the demise of multiple infamous criminals in a 14-month period in 1933 – 34 , including Dillinger , Bonnie and Clyde , the Barker-Karpis gang , the Kansas City Massacre , and Machine Gun Kelly . In focusing on Dillinger , Mann and co-writers Biderman and Bennett omitted Bonnie and Clyde entirely , briefly included only one member of the Barker gang ( Alvin Karpis ) , and left out Pretty Boy Floyd except for his death
Little Bohemia Lodge
Little Bohemia Lodge
Public Enemies (2009 film)