Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad is about one cop deciding he had enough with all the crime in Los Angeles and takes on Mickey Cohen the man responsible for the wave of crime. I was surprise how much I like the movie Gangster Squad. Ryan Gosling is not one of my favorite actors.  I did like him in Murder by Numbers and The Notebook and those are the only two movies that I like with him in it until now. I though he did an excellent job playing the playboy cop that falls in love with the gangster girlfriend. I like all the characters, including James Brolin, who played the main hero determine to stop the villain, but my favorite character is the villain played by Sean Penn. He did a topnotch performance as the bad-guy Mickey Cohen.  I love to hate Penn's character and watching him commit one heinous act after another was both riverting and terrifying.  Giovanni Ribisi did a fine job with his character. I like the smart family man cop role he played, and I was surprise that he was killed. I knew one of the good cop characters had to die that the way all these movies play out, but I like Ribisi's character, and I hate to seem him kill.  It didn't surprise me that Robert Patrick's character was killed. If I was to compare this movie to another film, I would have to say it reminded me of L.A Confidential, but I think L.A Confidential was better. I can see the similarity between Josh Brolin's character, and the one Russell Crowe played. The only weak link was played by Emma Stone. She just didn't seem right for the role like Kim Basinger was in L.A. Confidential. I love the actions scenes throughout this movie and there was even a little comedy. One the best was when the good cops decided that they would rob Mickey Cohen's place when they got there, they found the place full of cops protecting the joint. I give this movie a B for rating.