This article reviews the 2013 crime movie 'Gangster Squad', criticizing its lack of originality, weak plot, and flat characters despite its star-studded cast.
Crime movies are among the most compelling and interesting subgenres that film has to offer. Typically depicting investigatory elements, street-level corruption and centring around the rise and fall of morally flawed yet engaging characters, crime movies allow law-abiding viewers a window into a dangerous world of conniving and murder.
Crime movies are an umbrella categorization that can cover an array of subgenres, such as gangster movies, true crime thrillers or character studies covering a morally corrupted central personality. As such with any genre, there are plenty of bad movies to sift through before finding the real gems. The 21st century especially has seen its fair share of bad crime movies and this is a selection of the absolute worst. 10 'Gangster Squad' (2013) Directed by Ruben Fleischer Set in 1949 Los Angeles, boxer turned gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) has relocated his operation from Chicago. Cohen quickly makes his presence known, snuffing out the competition and bribing law officials to work for him. Just when there seems to be no hope of stopping Cohen, police Sargeant John O' Mara (Josh Brolin) assembles a task force of loyal officers, including his right-hand man Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), to put an end to the kingpin's reign. Despite its star-studded cast, Gangster Squad has nothing to offer that hasn't been done better elsewhere. Flashy yet hollow, Gangster Squad is about as derivative as a genre movie can be. Any attempts at drama fall flat and the lack of an effective atmosphere or narrative substance makes the whole thing feel hopelessly hollow, despite its flashy exterior. Gangster Squad is so flaccid and bland that it's likely to have already been forgotten by the time the credits rol
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