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Netflix adds ‘insane’ gangster film starring Johnny Depp fans can’t believe is based on true story

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Published 17:15 17 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Netflix adds ‘insane’ gangster film starring Johnny Depp fans can’t believe is based on true story

The film features scenes shot at the exact spots where people were killed in the true story

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Netflix have added a gangster film you may not have heard of, but with a true story behind it so insane, fans can’t even believe it’s real.

There is nothing wilder than watching a crazy film and about an hour in realising, ‘wait did this say it was a true story at the beginning?’

That’s an experience many fans on Netflix have been going through when watching this film.

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Johnny Depp stars in the gangster flick (Warner Brothers)
Johnny Depp stars in the gangster flick (Warner Brothers)

With an IMDb score of 6.8/10 and a 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, it is mostly pretty well reviewed, but has been a massive hit since being added to Netflix.

Since being added to the streamer in the US it has already debuted at number four in the charts.

This comes in a relatively stacked week, with Uglies being a film Netflix has invested heavily into, as well as Rebel Ridge and the harrowing Into the Fire true crime doc.

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Check out the trailer for the gangster film here:

The movie in question is Black Mass, which stars Johnny Depp as the real-life gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

It follows the ‘insane’ true story of Bulger, one of the most ‘infamous’ and violent criminals in American history, becoming an FBI informant in order to take down a Mafia family who invaded his turf.

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In addition to Depp, the cast is stacked full of existing talent, and even a few actors who’ve gone on to get even bigger since it released in 2015.

The film has Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Juno Temple, David Harbour, Julianne Nicholson, Bill Camp and Adam Scott in a revolving door of who’s who talent.

Depp stars in Black Mass alongside an all star cast (Warner Brothers)
Depp stars in Black Mass alongside an all star cast (Warner Brothers)

Across Julianne Nicholson and Mare of Easttown, Adam Scott and Severance, Juno Temple and Ted Lasso, and Bill Camp and Presumed Innocent, the major stars are compliment by multiple actors who went on to produce some of the best dramas of the last ten years.

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One fan, who watched the film after it was added to Netflix, said: “Last night, I watched Black Mass for the first time. Most f**ked up, insane, true story I’ve ever watched.

"Depp is an incredible actor even 9 years later. I can’t believe our government actually folded to the mob back then.”

The true story behind the film is just as insane as portrayed in the movie. This is heightened by the fact that the director Scott Cooper actually filmed multiple scenes at the actual locations where people were murdered as shown in the film.

Black Mass is available to stream on Netflix in the US now.

Featured Image Credit: Warner Brothers

Topics: Crime, Johnny Depp, Netflix, Film and TV

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is a Film and TV writer for UNILAD and LADbible. After completing an English Literature with Creative Writing degree at Surrey University, followed by a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this though, he did freelance work about Film and TV for publications such as DiscussingFilm, looking for any excuse to get to rant about films. He has now finally got that wish.

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