Plot
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and a FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down theft Italian mob and mafia in Boston, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals.
Written by
Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth, Dick Lehr
Directed by
Scott Cooper
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
Free State Pictures, Le Grisbi Productions, RatPac Entertainment, Cross Creek Pictures, Head Gear Films, Infinitum Nihil, Vendian Entertainment
Languages
English
Awards
6 wins & 24 nominations total