Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Sean Penn star in this 1940s chronicle of the LAPD’s battle with the East Coast...
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Sean Penn star in this 1940s chronicle of the LAPD’s battle with the East Coast Mob. Helmed by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. The story is based on fact, revealed in a series of LA Times articles by Paul Lieberman.
In late '40s LA, the ruthless, Brooklyn-born mafia king Mickey Cohen (Penn) wears the crown, spinning a fortune from drugs, guns, prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed on America's west coast. Despite doing so under the protection of his mob, aided by corrupt local police and politicians, a small crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Gosling), come together to try and bring Cohen down - prepared to do whatever it takes, even if that means going beyond the letter of the law.
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"So catastrophically juvenile and style-fixated there is no detectable trace of any talent involved."
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Financial Times
Financial Times"Flushes a classy cast... down the sinkhole of creative bankruptcy."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A fusillade of bullets and cliches..."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune"Slick, sick, self-consciously stylish and defiantly shallow..."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"A cartoonish 1940s shoot-'em-up that's impossible to take seriously."
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New York Post
New York Post"So superficial it practically evaporates before our eyes."
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CNN
CNN"Attempts to recreate mobster magic, but ends up fumbling into an endless amount of cliches and some horrid digital photography to boot."
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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered"An impressively pulpy underworld-plunger."
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Variety
Variety"Sleek, stylish but superficial. Easy on the eye, even easier on the brain, it doesn't last long in the memory."
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Total Film
Total Film"Would have been more fun as an animated feature, with fanciful animals in the principal roles."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"For all the guns and gore, it's as breezy and uncritical as a tale from the True Detective magazine that the cops can't help reading."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Little more than another Hollywood wannabe overshadowed by the legacy of "L.A. Confidential"..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A big waste of a lot of talent."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"These are good actors, but aside from Brolin and Gosling, they're barely given any special moments of their own to make their marks here."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Sean Penn's not been this fun since Jeff Spicoli and there's plenty of rip-roaring action, but proves a minor entry in the annals of LA noir."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineGangster Squad | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, for strong violence and language
- Runtime
- 112
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
