Trailer Link

Release Date:

June 27, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Number 2 on America’s Most Wanted list after Osama Bin Laden, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger terrorized the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor. Bulger was a monster, murdering over a dozen known victims, but did the FBI and local law enforcement give his reign of terror over South Boston a free pass?”

Poster: B- / C+

Review: A somewhat similar situation occurs with these designs as did for The Internet’s Own Boy, the different images paint differing pictures, with the first design being more blood-drenched, but less obvious. The second is a bit more forward with its bloody imagery, but doesn’t entirely demonize the figure the documentary is attempting to castigate.

Trailer: B

Review: A proper indictment of a career criminal is successfully set against a backdrop of police corruption and FBI leniency for a dangerous man who played them for fools. The film uses some interesting visual techniques to add depth and inventiveness to the trailer that would certainly embellish a straight-forward documentay.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(June 22, 2014) Original