The successful Johnny Depp crime thriller from 2015 premieres on Netflix this week

Starting this week, a box office hit starring Johnny Depp in the role of a legendary real-life criminal is available to stream on Netflix.

Depp has, of course, acted in all kinds of genres in his 40-year film career, from horror (Sleepy Hollow) and action comedies (the pirates of the Caribbean series) and musicals (Sweeney Todd: The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street) to fantasy (Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland), Dramas (When dreams learn to fly) and animations (Corpse Bride And Rango).

The three-time Oscar-nominated actor has also starred in several successful crime thrillers in his career, including 2011’s Enemies of the state—as real gangster John Dillinger—and Black mass in 2015.

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The latter, Black mass– in which Depp plays notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger – premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 12. While Depp's portrayal of Bulger did not earn him an Oscar nomination, he did receive Best Actor nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the Critics Choice Association.

The logline for Black mass is: “The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most notorious violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who, as an FBI informant, took out a Mafia family that invaded his territory.”

Bulger was killed in a federal prison in 2018 at the age of 89.

How was “Black Mass” received by audiences and critics?

Published on 18 September 2015, Black mass earned per The numbersnearly $62.6 million domestically and $36.2 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $98.8 million, against a production budget of $53 million before print and advertising.

Rotten tomatoes Meanwhile, critics said Black mass a 73% “fresh” rating based on 292 reviews. The RT The consensus among critics is: “Black mass spins a gripping story from his factually based story – and leaves the audience with one of the most convincing performances by Johnny Depp in years.”

Black mass also achieved a 68% “fresh” audience rating on RT based on over 10,000 user reviews.

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Director: Scott Cooper, Black mass The film also stars several well-known actors, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Joel Edgerton, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Juno Temple, Corey Stoll and David Harbour.

Depp transformed his appearance for the role of James “Whitey” Bulger through makeup prosthetics. When he finished the process with diversity In a 2015 interview, he said that any worries he had about whether audiences would accept the way his characters looked would end once filming was completed.

“I wasn't worried at all just because what happened happened. But I want the audience to lose themselves,” said Depp diversity“When they see this guy called Johnny Depp with all his baggage and all his films, I want them to forget me. That's the big test.”

“If I catch them within three to five minutes, I'm fine,” Depp added. “But if they immediately say, 'I'm watching a guy in a mask,' then I'm lost.”

Age rating R, Black mass begins streaming on Netflix on Thursday.

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