Gangster Squad
Sean Penn's not been this fun since Jeff Spicoli and there's plenty of rip-roaring action.
Gangster Squad
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) 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. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop...except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart. The Gangster Squad is a colorful retelling of events surrounding the LAPD's efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time.
Genre
Crime,
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
113
Language
English
Director
Ruben Fleischer
Cast
Sean Penn,
Ryan Gosling,
Emma Stone,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Josh Brolin,
Nick Nolte,
Anthony Mackie,
Robert Patrick,
Michael Peña
FEATURED REVIEW
Peter Debruge, Variety
The cops play things as dirty as the crooks in "Gangster Squad," an impressively pulpy underworld-plunger that embellishes on a 1949 showdown between a dedicated team of LAPD officers and Mob-connected Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) for control of the city. Set squarely in classic-noir territory, the ...
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