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Gangster squad is a very entertaining and fun movie to watch. At its core it’s a good, popcorn grabbing, shoot em up that’s a throwback to the old B-movie gangster flicks of the 40’s and 50’s. With all the one liners to boot.
It follows some real life counter part characters such as Mickey Cohen, played well by Sean Penn, as a ruthless criminal boss, as well as some of the police officers turned into a crime fighting squad. Jerry Wooters played by Gosling and John O’ Mara played by Josh Brolin respectively. While many of the events of the film are exaggerated or stretched for stylized storytelling. When this movie came out I feel many people were expecting too much. It was marketed as almost a direct portrayal of the story of Mickey Cohen and the take down of his criminal empire by the real life “LAPD Gangster squad” instead it was really an alternate telling of that story with many elements fixed to make it a sometimes over the top, sleek, action movie.
With very stylized action scenes, witty dialogue and one liners, (while the whole script isn’t always rock solid) and a great back drop of late 1940’s post WW2 seedy Los Angeles, going back to its noire roots. Gangster squad makes for a very energetic and all around fun film. It may not always be spot on with the script or plot, but what it’s short on in the story department it makes up for in its high tension and sometimes outlandish action and fight sequences. Not to mention the stacked cast and performances, while sometimes with low points the movie is worth watching alone for the characters and intense sequences. And it’s awesome just watching the actors spar with each other or exchange banter back and forth. Just don’t go looking for a history lesson from this movie.
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