Gangster Squad

I have a soft spot for the 50's and the years around it. Gangster shows of the era are hit that spot for me. This particular movie is about the struggles between gangs in the era, there remains something lacking in the movie that just prevents me from getting into it.

Cops going on a sting to help take down organized crime. That's the premise of the movie. Unfortunately, the writing, lack of character development and frankly lack of 1950's style just makes the whole gig feel like any ordinary cop vs organized crime film, albeit in fedoras, trenchcoats and Tommy guns. Even the gratuitous violence feels empty, lacking the style that one might come to expect in current films.

Overall a forgettable experience that makes the movie hardly worth the money put behind the popcorn to keep one going through it. There is little I can recommend it for, so I'm assigning a 4/10 for it.