1st June, 2013.
You know, sometimes, it’s good to catch a movie.
No, really: it’s good to catch a movie, it really is.
Usually, there’s only one thing better, sometimes.
That’s catching a movie, in company.
If you run that past Kevin D, he’ll hopefully tell you exactly the same thing.
And, given it’s been a while since he was over, I’m glad he happened to mentioned he had both a free evening: and had spotted a couple of titles on the iTunes store that he felt would make for entertaining watches.
I’m glad he did.
I know I was glad of the company, tonight.
Actually … ?
I’m both glad of the company … and the movies he thought of. One of which, the 2012, Ruben Fleischer directed, Gangster Squad.
I have to say, they don’t make them like that anymore.
So it’s nice to see SOMEONE give it a go!
~≈Ï≈~
2nd June, 2013
Now, you’re probably wonder about that phrase, aren’t you … ?
Let me try and summarise.
Gangster Squad sees Josh Brolin as Sargent John O’Mara: a tough and unconventional LA cop who’s given one job: that of assembling a team of equally tough cops, in order to use the most unconventional methods possibly to take down Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn.)
Very unconventional: including raiding several of Cohen’s casino’s and nightclubs: sans warrants, but with blazing machine guns, and masks.
Until, one day … ? One day, Cohen realise’s he’s being bugged … and set up …
And decides to break out the heavy mob … !
~≈Ï≈~
Now, I said they don’t make them like that any more … ?
I’m right, I think: they don’t.
That is — depending on your taste for these things — either a good or bad thing.
But I think both myself and Kevin agreed, last night: that Gangster Squad is a very old school gangster film, with parts broadly reminiscent of The Magnificent Seven*, and the original TV version of Dragnet†.
Old school. Possibly mildly unoriginal. And with more blazing machine guns than you can shake Edward G Robinson at …
But, my God, it was fun … !
Gangster SquadPaul ★★★☆Kevin ★★★☆
* Where O’Meara parts the squad together: I have to admit, I was seriously tempted to wave assorted amounts of fingers around.
† Something I know I mentioned to Kevin.
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