Review: Gangster Squad

It's hard to call Gangster Squad anything more than a disappointment when after putting an impressive cast with an interesting choice of director (Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer), all you get is a poor man's version of The Untouchables.

Sean Penn is the film's highlight as the over the top villain, but the squad assembled by Josh Brolin's good cop suffer from next to no character development in favour of simply looking good in hats. Ryan Gosling in particular is wasted alongside Emma Stone, with Crazy Stupid Love proving a much better example of the chemistry the pair have.

It might've been okay for Gangster Squad to shun story for shoot-outs if the action itself was a little more memorable but that's far from the case, leaving a film that looks full of forties flash on the surface, but is instantly forgettable.