Tag Archives: Mickey Cohen

Bringing Gangster Squad to Life

January 11, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

We had a chance to chat this week with director Ruben Fleischer about his new movie Gangster Squad, which opens today. Here’s what the filmmaker had to say about bringing his (loosely based on fact) story of the LAPD‘s secret efforts to take down crime kingpin Mickey Cohen to the screen. (Beware of spoilers ahead.)

Ruben Fleischer on Adapting Spy Hunter for the Screen

IGN: Can you tell me a little bit about how World War II maybe defined the hero of the piece or the other characters?

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

Gangster Squad Review

January 9, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Chris Tilly

Based very loosely on a true story, Gangster Squad tells the tale of a group of L.A. police officers brought together with the express purpose of bringing down ruthless crime lord Mickey Cohen. While the story is an intriguing one, the cops being forced to work outside the law to bring Cohen to justice, the telling of it is less compelling, the film stylish and glossy but lacking in substance.

Proceedings kick off in 1949, at a time when gangsters were running riot in Chicago and New York, but failing to gain a foothold in Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) intended to change that however, running drugs, guns and prostitutes and taking the City of Angels for all it was worth.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movie Reviews

Articles Archive

Scroll