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2.8/10   768 votes
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Release Date:
19 April 1996 (USA) more
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No one could stop them.
Plot:
Glorified and glamourized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys who robbed banks and generally terrorized... more | add synopsis
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Also Known As:
Public Enemy #1
Public Enemy No. 1 (USA) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, some sex scenes, drug use and language.
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95 min
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Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R | Spain:18
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Kathy Bates was originally cast in Theresa Russell's role. more
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Factual errors: The final shootout between Ma Barker and Melvin Purvis is captioned to have occurred in Lake "Wier" when in fact the location is near Lake Weir. more
Quotes:
Kate "Ma" Barker: You said, "Dead by Christmas." Is that the kind of chance you're talking about?
Melvin Purvis: You can't believe everything you read in the papers. I'm the F.B.I., not a bounty hunter.
Herman Barker: No difference.
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6 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
One of the All Time Worst Movies, 1 January 2005
2/10
Author: Carl (moovemkr) from United States

Wow, pretty amazing that something this bad could actually be made. I am giving this movie a 2 because it is so bad it has a certain "car wreck" kind of appeal. Its so bad its comical and that does have a certain entertainment value. Plus there is a bit of gratuitous nudity and that is always appreciated.

So where do I begin. The acting is beyond awful, its like you are watching a high school play being filmed. Theresa Russell must have done something really bad to have been forced to make this movie and her acting reflects how happy she is to be in the middle of this mess.

The rest of the cast is simply silly with the casting of Dan Cortese as an FBI agent the cherry on the top of this piece of crap. His acting actually had me laughing at loud.

As for the screenplay and the directing C. Courtney Joyner and Mark L. Lester should simply be taken out back and shot.

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