(Rental Review) Gangster Squad (2013)

The only thing better than a movie about gangsters and cops is a movie about gangsters and cops that is BUSTING at the seems with quality actors, right? Movies like The Godfather and The Untouchables has shown us this. Gangster Squad is no different to me. Not only do you have some fantastic work out of Sean Penn as mob boss Micky Cohen, but Brolin, Gosling, Nolte, Stone and Ribisi are all fantastic it in. Some of my favorite moments from the movie come from Robert Patrick. I could keep naming people that are in this movie but this is meant to be a "mini review", so I need to get on with it.

Storyline: Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city. - imdb.com

Thoughts? This movie was a fun gangster movie. It didn't take itself so serious that it weighed down the film too much. Sure. There were intense moments. People are dying left and right in this thing. But it still takes time to have fun with the characters and some of the situations that the characters get themselves in. Again, I can't say enough about the actors in this film. Patrick, who is a universally underrated actor, does more with a glancing look than most Hollywood actors can do with Shakespeare.

 It say RENT IT.