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Should you watch Gangster Squad?

Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Gangster Squad

Film · 2013

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

The sides of Gangster Squad

  • Mobster Mickey Cohen ruling Los Angeles in 1949
  • A secret squad of cops working off the books
  • Tommy guns in fedoras and pinstripes

Gangster Squad is good for you if…

  • you like shootouts with tommy guns in Chinatown.
  • you like the look of 1940s Los Angeles.
  • you like off-the-books cops going to war on Mickey Cohen's mob.

Gangster Squad is bad for you if…

  • you can't stand brutal mob violence.
  • you'd rather follow morally complicated people than clear heroes and villains.

About: corruption · justice · loyalty

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