‘Black Mass’ Trailer: Maybe Whitey Bulger Shouldn’t Be Giving Advice
“If nobody sees it,” Whitey Bulger tells his six-year old son in this newBlack Masstrailer, “it didn’t happen.” But much of what we’ll see in this movie did happen, as Bulger, played here byJohnny Depp, was among the most notorious gangsters in Boston’s history — hell, in US history. He topped the FBI’s Most Wanted list for years. Depp may be channeling Jack Nicholson’s performance fromThe Departed, a performance which was also at least inspired by Bulger, but he still comes off as intense and terrifying in this new trailer.
The firstBlack Masstrailer was all about setting up Depp’s take on Bulger as a cunning and ruthless villain, and this one furthers that image. It’s all domination, intimidation, and violence, with a few shots of the lawmen trying to bring him down for good measure.
The film also featuresJoel Edgerton,Benedict Cumberbatch,Kevin Bacon,Jesse Plemons,Peter Sarsgaard,Dakota Johnson, andCorey Stoll, and you’ll see quite a few of them in this new trailer.
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The trailer, obviously, comes straight from the film’ssocial media presence.Black Mass, directed byScott Cooper, opens on September 18.
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
