Ifilimu entsha elindelwe kakhulu nguMichael Mann iya kuba nomnye umdlali wehlabathi onjengoChristian Bale kumdlalo wayo, ukongeza kuJohnny Depp obalaseleyo. Ukwenziwa kwefilimu kuya kuqala ngoMatshi kwaye kuya kukhutshwa ngo-2009, ke okwangoku, kuya kufuneka silinde kancinci.
Ukuqala ukuvula umlomo wakho kunye nokufumanisa izinto malunga nefilimu, kufuneka kuthiwe iya kuba nesihloko Iintshaba zikaRhulumente kwaye ubalise ibali lika UJohn dillinger, edlalwa nguDepp, umgulukudu wasentsomini owaleqwa yiarhente yeFBI yasentsomini, uMelvin Purvis. Kwabanye iya kukukhumbuza umsebenzi ogqwesileyo womlawuli omnye (Ubushushu), nangona kungafuneki ukuba uhambe kakhulu ngexesha lokufumana ifilimu enecebo elifanayo, ndithetha nge-American Gangster, nangona ewe, andiyenzi. cinga ukuba inokuthelekiswa nolwalathiso lweMann.
Silindele izinto ezimbini kule filimu, uJohnny Depp ophumelele i-Oscar ngendima yakhe ekhokelayo kunye noMichael Mann bafumana indumiso njengomfundisi-ntsapho kuba ubuyile ukwenza ubugcisa besixhenxe, nangona mva nje ubuncinci bexabiso lobugcisa.