` ` Public Enemy '' is a solid gangster flick that 's not quite great , says Tom Charity . Early in Michael Mann 's vivid , incisive , but half-cocked gangster opus `` Public Enemies , '' Johnny Depp 's John Dillinger returns to jail a few scant months after leaving it . It stars Johnny Depp as bank robber John Wayne . It is terrific , Christian Bale as FBI man is more impressive .
` ` Public Enemy '' is a solid gangster flick that 's not quite great , says Tom Charity . It stars Johnny Depp as bank robber John Wayne . It is terrific , Christian Bale as FBI man is more impressive .