Most fall to the bribes and the rest to the fear. But some will have the courage to do whatever it takes, to fight for their city.
In Gangster Squad, six cops have that courage and will leave behind their badges and risk everything to take back the future of what they love.
As you can expect this is violent movie, it's basically a 1949 gang war. For the most part there isn't actually that much blood, so you know Tarantino wasn't involved. But the violence does pretty much open the film, and it sticks right through til the end.
The cinematography, for the film, was very well done. It brings an almost noire feel to it, but mixed with some shots and coloring that was reminiscent of films like 300 and Immortals.
Some will be surprised to find out that Nick Nolte is the leading role, as he's barely seen in the trailers, but he's got a solid role here. Sean Penn plays an excellent villain, totally selling his portrayal of Mickey Cohen. Emma Stone is stunning as ever, and her role is both bigger and smaller than the trailer suggests.
Ryan Gosling seems to have two voices in the movie. During the first part, he's almost got a whiny tone to him, which was just odd. Luckily that does go away and the character expected from the trailers does show up.
The movie also tars: Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, and Robert Patrick.
Gangster Squad hits theaters January 11.
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