Gangster Squad
Dir: Ruben Fleischer
2013
***
Gangster Squad is cliched, unoriginal, not particularly well written and a bit cartoon like. This is all made up for by the fact that it is lots and lots of fun. The cast is great, Sean Penn standing out as a baddie to remember. I'm the first one to point the finger at inaccuracies and laziness when it comes to script but I just couldn't help but like Gangster Squad. It never tries to be LA Confidential or The Untouchables and to be honest, both those films are a little over rated anyway. It's pure pulp popcorn fun.