Review: Gangster Squad (second-pass)

Gangster Squad
Cert: 15 / 113 mins / Dir. Ruben Fleischer



So good, I watched it twice.

Giving Gangster Squad a second-pass, I've figured out what was bugging me about Gosling's performance. He seems to be aiming for a quippy, post-Tarantino delivery, but the script isn't sassy enough to support that.

Everyone else plays their lines straight, and Gosling sticks out like a sore thumb as a result. It's a shame, and stops this really good film from being really great.



…ish.



Yes.



Yes.



…DVD.



Yes.



Yes.



Yes!*¹





*¹ Again, I could have sworn that during the jailbreak sequence, there's a low-level Wilhelm™ inserted..

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