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Genre : Drama, Thriller, Action Release Date : January 11, 2013 MPAA Rating : R Duration : 113 minute(s) Production Budget : 24Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures Official Site : http://gangstersquad.warnerbros.com/ Reviews Rate :
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you'll have to settle for the opening one, in which a hood with his limbs tied to two different cars is torn in half onscreen
by J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader ]
what's left is nothing terrible, just typical
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]
the technologically refined variants of the effect that turn up in "Gangster Squad" might make you regret it was ever invented
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
the cast seems ideal. Bits and pieces here and there entertain. But it never really comes together in a satisfying way
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
the battling brutes of this tale aren't meant to measure up to such illustrious antecedents; they're only offered as action cartoons
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]
most of the dialogue is made of wood
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
may earn a gentleman's C for style, but the moral of the story gets a failing grade
by Ann Hornaday [Washington Post ]
loud, brash and utterly ridiculous, Gangster Squad isn't about doing what's right - it's all about stylish excess
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald ]
little more than another Hollywood wannabe overshadowed by the legacy of "L.A. Confidential"
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
it's like L.A. Confidential remade as a mediocre Jason Statham film. It keeps going chica bang bang
Review rate : C
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
it is a hectic jumble of fedoras and zoot suits, stockings and cigarettes, and red femme-fatale dresses
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
if, as Stephen Colbert has said, "the movies is where Americans learn their history," Gangster Squad is just noisy disinformation
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
digitally re-created, noir-flavored locations of postwar L.A. and the dazzling eye candy of Emma Stone in terrific period dresses and heartbreaking auburn hair
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
by Ann Hornaday [Washington Post ]
