Finished watching Black Mass directed by Scott Cooper and staring Jesse Plemons, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Rory Cochrane. The film opens up with Kevin Weeks (Jesse Plemons) being investigated as the film goes back to 1975 where Kevin is recruited into the Winter Hill Gang by its leader, James "Whitey' Bulger (Johnny Depp) after getting into a fight outside Bulger's local pub. Not long after FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) meets with Bulger's brother senator William Bulger (Benedict Cumberbatch) hoping to get into contact with James in hoping for him to become an informant for the FBI on the Angiulo Brothers who are rivals to the Winter Hill Gang. Now an informant for the FBI Bulger uses his new position to expand his criminal organisation without the authorities having any authority over him. Overall this was a good film is it delved into the life and career of James Bulger from 1975 to when his gang was caught by the authorities in 1995. The structure of the film is very intriguing as the film cuts back and forth with the main story of the Winter Hill and a couple of interrogations which makes the film almost a prospective view of Kevin and Bulgers right hand man Stephen Flemmi (Rory Cochrane) which helps to forward the story along to different time periods. 7/10.
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