- Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
- 113 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes30%Metacritic40IMDb6.7
No names. No badges. No mercy.
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago.
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Classical in form, resolved, unpretentious and effortless.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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- John Chardon TMDB · Mar 20146.5/10
Rat-a-tat-tat! Gangster Squad is directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Will Beal. It stars Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Patrick and Michael Pena. Music is by Steve Jablonski and cinematography by Dion Beebee. Los Angeles is being brought to its knees by crime boss Mickey Cohen (Penn). In one of the darkened offices of the police department, a special squad of officers is being assembled. Given free licence to bring Cohen and his operations down by any means necessary, the Gangster Squad fight fir with fire. Loosely based on real life facts, Gangster Squad is a good old slice of machine gun etiquette. An all star cast get to play good guys and wise guys in The Untouchables tradition, even if that in itself can’t quite lift the film to the higher echelons of gangster movies past and present. There’s absolutely nothing new here, it plays out as expected. Brolin and Gosling are the main smooth operators in the good guys camp, the former given the family man in danger sub-plot, the latter given the dangerous dame to fall in love with in the shapely form of Emma Stone, who as it happens is also dating Cohen! hm
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Cast
- Josh BrolinJohn O'Mara
- Ryan GoslingSgt. Jerry Wooters
- Sean PennMickey Cohen
- Nick NolteBill Parker
- Emma StoneGrace Faraday
- Anthony MackieColeman Harris
- Giovanni RibisiConway Keeler
- Robert PatrickMax Kennard
- Michael PeñaNavidad Ramirez
- Mireille EnosConnie O'Mara
Crew
- Ruben FleischerDirector
- Will BeallWriter
- Paul LiebermanNovel
- Dion BeebeDirector of Photography
- Steve JablonskyOriginal Music Composer
- Alan BaumgartenEditor
- James HerbertEditor
- Dan LinProducer
- Kevin McCormickProducer
- Michael TadrossProducer
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