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2013 | 110 minutes | Rated R
By-the-numbers. Hit-or-miss. Elementary. That pretty much describes the story of a squad of Los Angeles cops, led by Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling, striving mightily to bust up the rackets of crime kingpin Mickey Cohen, played in a lather by Sean Penn. Gosling gets the best lines, but in Will Beall’s screenplay – adapted from Paul Lieberman’s book and directed with a few nice touches by TV moveover Ruben Fleischer – even the best lines are not very good. The resemblance to Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables is so pronounced it’s impossible to believe it was coincidental. You might as well throw in L.A. Confidential, too. Also with Emma Stone as Cohen’s mistress and Mireille Enos as the Brolin character’s wife (113 min.)
Official Site: gangstersquad.warnerbros.com
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Producer: Dan Lin, Kevin McCormick, Michael Tadross, Paul Lieberman, Ruben Fleischer and Bruce Berman
Cast: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick, Michael Peña, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, John Aylward, Josh Pence, De'aundre Bonds, Jon Polito, Wade Williams, Mick Betancourt, Jack McGee, Mireille Enos and Troy Garity

Sorry there are no showtimes for Gangster Squad on Thursday, March 7.

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