Gangster Squad International Trailer's Got Swagger
"Back East I was a gangster; out here, I'm God."
Lines like this are what we've come to expect from Martin Scorsese who defined the modern gangster movie, not what we anticipate from Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer. Still building his rep in Hollywood, Fleischer has followed his controversial crime caper 30 Minutes Or Less—which was inspired by a real incident—with another true-crime tale, this one steeped in drama and old school swagger.
Based on Paul Lieberman's harrowing book, Gangster Squad centers on the battle that broke out in Los Angeles after the World War II between East Coast gangster Mickey Cohen and the secret police unit charged with bringing him down. At the time the West Coast was a gangster-free zone, making it ripe for the picking for an ambitious and merciless thug like Cohen. Sean Penn stars as the pontificating crime boss, while Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Ryan Gosling play the brave coppers who took him on.
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Lines like this are what we've come to expect from Martin Scorsese who defined the modern gangster movie, not what we anticipate from Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer. Still building his rep in Hollywood, Fleischer has followed his controversial crime caper 30 Minutes Or Less—which was inspired by a real incident—with another true-crime tale, this one steeped in drama and old school swagger.
Based on Paul Lieberman's harrowing book, Gangster Squad centers on the battle that broke out in Los Angeles after the World War II between East Coast gangster Mickey Cohen and the secret police unit charged with bringing him down. At the time the West Coast was a gangster-free zone, making it ripe for the picking for an ambitious and merciless thug like Cohen. Sean Penn stars as the pontificating crime boss, while Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Ryan Gosling play the brave coppers who took him on.
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Kristy Puchko
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movie: Gangster Squad 2012
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