Mobster Micky Cohen is taking over the Los Angeles underworld so Chief of Police Parker forms a squad to operate outside formal police guidelines to dismantle Cohen's operations using his own illegal tactics against him.
This movie is essentially The Untouchables, only in LA. The cast is great (although I still simply do not get Ryan Gosling), and a lot goes on, most of it shooting. The baddies are equipped with guns and ammunition which mostly misses, and the goodies are equipped with guns and ammunition which mostly finds its target. Sean Penn plays Cohen as a pantomime villain.
This movie is quite good fun if you want a retro action-packed gangster thriller with no depth - it is almost entirely predictable from the title alone. I quite enjoyed it, but it was a bit "Chinese meal" - 5 minutes later you've forgotten it and are ready for another one.
This movie is essentially The Untouchables, only in LA. The cast is great (although I still simply do not get Ryan Gosling), and a lot goes on, most of it shooting. The baddies are equipped with guns and ammunition which mostly misses, and the goodies are equipped with guns and ammunition which mostly finds its target. Sean Penn plays Cohen as a pantomime villain.
This movie is quite good fun if you want a retro action-packed gangster thriller with no depth - it is almost entirely predictable from the title alone. I quite enjoyed it, but it was a bit "Chinese meal" - 5 minutes later you've forgotten it and are ready for another one.