Directed By: Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland)
Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone
Rating: R for strong violence and language
Run Time: 1 hour, 53 minutes
Synopsis: Sergeant John O'Mara (Brolin) has returned to the LAPD after fighting in WWII and he doesn't recognize the city he once loved now that a gangster named Mickey Cohen (Penn) has started to take control. After impressing the police chief with his brazen style and disregard for Cohen's reign, O'Mara is charged with putting together a top-secret squadron of LAPD officers to taken down Cohen's empire.
REVIEW
Andrew: Hello readers! Earlier this week Sarah and I were
able to catch a screening of the new, star-studded action film GangsterSquad – starring Josh Brolin (Men in Black III), Ryan Gosling (Drive), Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man), Sean Penn (The Tree of Life) and
more. This was a movie we’ve been waiting a while for because it was originally
slated to be released in 2012, but after the tragic theatre shooting in Aurora,
Colorado, the film was pushed back to reshoot a climactic scene that involved a
shoot-out in a movie theatre. So the film was pushed back, they reshot it, and
it comes out today. So Sarah, now that we’ve seen Gangster Squad, what did you
think of it?
Sarah: I love my gangster movies. I think there’s something
romantic about the gangster genre, ESPECIALLY vintage gangster movies. So I was
looking forward to Gangster Squad, but it ended up being a bit of stretch for
me. It had its moments, I’ll give it that. It had a great cast, a phenomenal
cast…but it just missed the mark for me.
