![]() ![]() So, quite some way away from the great The Untouchables then, but better than Mullholland Falls. As a comic book type gangster piece, it works well on entertainment terms, elsewhere its lightweight and formula compliant, with the Ribisi, Patrick and Pena characters telegraphed a mile away. If only the makers had put some thought into it, a bit of brains to go with the brawn. The action scenes are well crafted, loud, bloody and exciting, and the photography sparkles and the music soars. There is nothing wrong with the production at all, except maybe when the dialogue veers to clunky. Men who frequent the speakeasy bars as torch singers warble their stuff. hosting men with hats, trench coats and tommy-guns. It's all very period pleasing, with a bustling late 40s L.A. How the performance sits with you will greatly depend on how you find Penn as an actor when let loose on a cartoon characterisation. It's a very colourful portrayal, menacing and completely over the top. Over in the wise guys department is Penn on full tilt sweary and hammy overdrive. 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! Hmm. There's absolutely nothing new here, it plays out as expected. ![]() 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. Loosely based on real life facts, Gangster Squad is a good old slice of machine gun etiquette. Given free licence to bring Cohen and his operations down by any means necessary, the Gangster Squad fight fir with fire. In one of the darkened offices of the police department, a special squad of officers is being assembled. Los Angeles is being brought to its knees by crime boss Mickey Cohen (Penn). Music is by Steve Jablonski and cinematography by Dion Beebee. It stars Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Patrick and Michael Pena. Gangster Squad is directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Will Beal. ![]()
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