Feature James Clayton Jan 11, 2013
With Gangster Squad out in UK cinemas, James assembles his own fantasy gang of movie mobsters...
Rat-a-tat-tat! Gangster Squad has hit town! This is great news for cinemagoers seeking sparks in the middle of grey, grim January. Slick mobster style! Machine gun-blastin’ action! Hollywood pizazz! Retro chic and period detail!
Gangster Squad also appeals with a stellar cast and the presence of Ruben Fleischer - an assured hand when it comes to directing high-octane entertainment - behind the camera. Nevertheless, the film has let me down slightly right from the start in that its title is misleading. “Gangster Squad” is not a ‘squad of gangsters’ but rather, less alluringly, ‘a police squad to tackle gangsters’.
The squad - Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, Gio Ribisi and Robert Patrick - are indubitably a very cool bunch. Furthermore, watching the Lapd come down hard on...
With Gangster Squad out in UK cinemas, James assembles his own fantasy gang of movie mobsters...
Rat-a-tat-tat! Gangster Squad has hit town! This is great news for cinemagoers seeking sparks in the middle of grey, grim January. Slick mobster style! Machine gun-blastin’ action! Hollywood pizazz! Retro chic and period detail!
Gangster Squad also appeals with a stellar cast and the presence of Ruben Fleischer - an assured hand when it comes to directing high-octane entertainment - behind the camera. Nevertheless, the film has let me down slightly right from the start in that its title is misleading. “Gangster Squad” is not a ‘squad of gangsters’ but rather, less alluringly, ‘a police squad to tackle gangsters’.
The squad - Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, Gio Ribisi and Robert Patrick - are indubitably a very cool bunch. Furthermore, watching the Lapd come down hard on...
- 1/10/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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