Genre:
Crime/Drama
Directed by:
Ruben Fleischer
Starring:
Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie, Emma Stone, Sean Penn
Release date:
Fri 11, Jan 2013
Gangster Squad is a crime film directed by Ruben Fleischer, from a screenplay written by Will Beall, starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone and Sean Penn.
It is the story of LAPD Detectives who are attempting to keep Los Angeles free of gangsters during the 1940s and '50s. The film was originally set to be released September 7, 2012, but in the wake of the 2012 Aurora shooting, the film was bumped to a January 11, 2013 release date by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Plot
In 1949, post-WWII Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean
Penn) has become the most powerful figure in the California criminal
underworld, and intends to continue to expand his criminal enterprise to
Chicago and New York. The police have not been able to stop Cohen's ruthless
rise, as Cohen has eliminated witnesses and bribed both the court and the
police, controlling both illegal and legal sides of L.A.
Determined to put a stop to Cohen, Chief Bill Parker (Nick
Nolte), the head of the Los Angeles Police Department, creates a secret police
unit with the sole mission of stopping Cohen and bringing him to justice.
Respected L.A police officer and Parker's old friend, Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh
Brolin) is placed in charge of recruiting additional officers. With the help of
his wife, Connie (Mireille Enos), he recruits Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling)
and detectives Coleman Harris (Anthony Mackie), Conway Keeler (Giovanni
Ribisi), Navidad Ramirez (Michael Peña) and Max Kennard (Robert Patrick).
Calling themselves the "Gangster Squad", the unit begins the task of
destroying Cohen's criminal operations.
The unit's plans go well, and the unit strikes several
successful blows at the heart of Cohen's criminal organization and manages to
shut down a very lucrative wire gambling business. Cohen believes someone has
betrayed him and strikes out at those around him, including his girlfriend
Grace Faraday (Emma Stone). Wooters has also been romancing Faraday and tries
to help her escape from Cohen. Cohen discovers that the police unit bugged his
house, and is able to lure the police unit into a trap in Los Angeles'
Chinatown while Keeler is killed at the unit's operation. Faraday later
witnesses Cohen murder Wooters' friend, Jack Whalen (Sullivan Stapleton), who
was helping her escape. With Faraday willing to testify against Cohen, O'Mara,
along with the remaining members of his unit, blackmails a crooked bribed judge
to sign an arrest warrant for Cohen, then goes to the Park Plaza Hotel to
arrest him.
Cohen and his men engage in a gun battle with the police
unit, with Wooters being wounded in the process. Cohen and his bodyguard Karl
Lennox (Holt McCallany) escape, but O'Mara pursues them, which results in their
vehicle crashing into a fountain. Kennard is shot, but he manages to kill
Lennox before he can shoot O'Mara, and later dies. Cohen and O'Mara fight each
other in a bare-knuckle boxing fight, while a crowd of onlookers and
journalists gather. O'Mara finally beats Cohen and has him arrested, ending his
reign as a crime boss and the spread of the mafia into the Los Angeles area.
The Gangster Squad was never mentioned in taking down Cohen, their surviving
members remaining a secret. Cohen is sentenced to 25 to life, and soon after
dies in the prison.
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