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An elite police squad fights to save the city of Los Angeles from a power-hungry East Coast mobster in this gritty police-detective film set in the 1940s, and based on Paul Lieberman's seven-part Los Angeles Times series TALES FROM THE GANGSTER SQUAD. Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Ryan Gosling star in a film directed by Ruben Fleischer (ZOMBIELAND), and featuring Nick Nolte, Michael Pe±a, Emma Stone, and Robert Patrick.

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ProducerDan Lin, Kevin Mccormick

EAN5051892123822

eBay Product ID (ePID)168137559

Product Key Features

ActorHolt Mccallany, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Robert Patrick, Mireille Enos, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pena, Troy Garity, Anthony Mackie, Emma Stone

Film/TV TitleGangster Squad

DirectorRuben Fleischer

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageCantonese\Castilian Spanish\Chinese\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Italian\Korean\Norwegian\Portuguese\Swedish\Thai

Run Time113 Mins

Release Year2013

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesClosed Caption, Ultra-violet Digital Copy (Expires 03/06/2015)\The Real GANGSTER SQUAD\Interactive Stills and Focus Points\Rogues Gallery: Mickey Cohen\Tough Guys With Style\Deleted Scenes, With Subtitles

GenreThriller, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Hearing ImpairedGerman\Italian

Additional InformationAn elite police squad fights to save the city of Los Angeles from a power-hungry East Coast mobster in this gritty police-detective film set in the 1940s, and based on Paul Lieberman's seven-part Los Angeles Times series TALES FROM THE GANGSTER SQUAD. Jewish gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is a Brooklyn-born boxer-turned-L.A. kingpin whose brutal ambition has earned him the respect of the Italian mob. He's the kind of crime boss who dines with judges and police chiefs, but still isn't quite sure which fork to use when it comes time for the main course. Just when it begins to look like Cohen owns every cop in the city, however, LAPD Chief Parker (Nick Nolte) enlists honest cop Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) to assemble a top-secret task force that will burn the vicious gangster's thriving criminal empire to the ground. With the help of his pregnant wife Connie (Mireille Enos), Sgt. O'Mara handpicks smooth-talking Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), heroin-hating Officer Coleman Harris (Anthony Mackie), deadeye Officer Max Kennard (Robert Patrick), and brilliant wireman Officer Conwell Keeler (Giovanni Ribisi) for the task at hand. Joined by Officer Kennard's tough sidekick Officer Navidad Ramirez (Michael Pena) as they set out for their first job, the squad strike fast and hard at the core of Cohen's operation. Meanwhile, the charming Sgt. Wooters flirts with danger by starting an affair with Cohen's smoldering paramour Grace Faraday (Emma Stone). Shortly after learning that Cohen is plotting a power play that will cement his stronghold on the city, however, the squad are unexpectedly compromised, putting the lives of all of their families in danger and leaving them with little choice but to step up their efforts and target the ruthless gangster directly. Should they live to accomplish their mission, Sgt. O'Mara and his men will prevent L.A. from becoming a hive of criminal activity like Chicago or New York. But Cohen isn't going down without a fight, and if he falls, the entire city will feel the aftershock.

ReviewsVariety - The cops play things as dirty as the crooks in Gangster Squad, an impressively pulpy underworld-plunger that embellishes on a 1949 showdown between a dedicated team of LAPD officers and Mob-connected Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) for control of the city., Philadelphia Inquirer - Penn's over-the-top tirades and bullying threats are still there - it's a wild and woolly performance that isn't always as menacing as perhaps the actor intended it to be., ReelViews - GANGSTER SQUAD provides a welcome burst of heat and color, even if those qualities are more illusory than real and subject to a fast fade.

ScreenwriterWill Beall

Dubbing LanguagesItalian\Chinese\Danish\Mandarin\Dutch\Thai\Castilian Spanish

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleGangster Squad

Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence and very strong language