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- Though it's stylish and features a talented cast, Gangster Squad suffers from lackluster writing, underdeveloped characters, and an excessive amount of violence.
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Jan 11, 2013 · With Sean Penn, Holt McCallany, Wade Williams, James Landry Hébert. It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Ruben Fleischer
- 2013-01-11
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Jan 9, 2013 · If anything, "Gangster Squad" is an "Untouchables" wanna-be, as Irish LAPD sergeant John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) is given carte blanche orders by incorruptible LAPD Chief Parker to recruit an off-the-books squad of crimefighters to topple Cohen's empire without the benefit of a David Mamet screenplay.
Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) has 1949 Los Angeles in an iron fist, as he accumulates a fortune from drugs, prostitution and gambling. Cohen has an army of paid goons at...
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- Ruben Fleischer
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- Josh Brolin
Jul 30, 2023 · Released in the winter of 2012-2013, one would think Gangster Squad, a film about the real-life police squad that took down Los Angeles gangster Mickey Cohen would be a popular film. After all, one appealing aspect of Gangster Squad is its cast.
A juicy, jazzy, good-versus-bad movie is a sight to behold, and Gangster Squad certainly fits the bill. It provides enough of the good stuff -- gorgeous clothes, swingy pacing, thrilling face-offs, and actors with pizzazz (hello, Ryan Gosling) -- to make it work.
- Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn
- Ruben Fleischer
- Warner Bros.
Jan 6, 2013 · Gangster Squad is a sensationalistic fantasy about how a clandestine unit of LAPD fuzz supposedly brought Mickey Cohen, California’s baddest gangster, to his knees in the late ’40s.
Gangster Squad is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Will Beall, based on a non-fiction book by Paul Lieberman. The film stars Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Patrick, Michael Peña and Sean Penn. Set in 1949, a group of real-life LAPD ...