Black Mass (Johnny Depp) Review | Anatomy of a Movie

AOM hosts Demetri Panos (@DMovies1701) and Cortez G West (@CortezGWest) discuss the 2015 movie Black Mass. Black Mass is a 2015 American crime film directed by Scott Cooper and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, based on the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill. The film stars Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Rory Cochrane, Adam Scott, Dakota Johnson, and Corey Stoll. The film follows the criminal career of infamous Irish-American mobster Whitey Bulger (Depp). Principal photography of the film began on May 19, 2014 in Boston, and wrapped on August 1, 2014. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and was released by Warner Bros. worldwide on September 18, 2015.