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Week of April 26, 2013
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The most important accessory for a secret police force called “the gangster squad” is most likely going to be a hat rack.
Fortunately, this action movie features enough hat hooks for all of the squad’s fedoras.
Dateline: Los Angeles, California, 1949, underworld boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) tightens his grip on his territory by slaying interlopers from the Windy City.
Downtown, Police Chief Parker (Nick Nolte) assigns army vet Sgt. O'Mara (Josh Brolin) to a task force intended to take down Cohen and his cronies.
But to bring the crime baron to his knees, O’Mara needs a team of legit cops to do it (Ryan Gosling, Giovanni Ribisi Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick).
Inspired by true events, Gangster Squad has slick shoot-outs, snappy repartee and smart set design. Unfortunately, the script is limp and the leads are cartoonish.
Besides, the only real cabal capable of crippling crime lords is the IRS. 0
If you are ever caught in a tsunami, it’s important to remember to stay out of the way of those who came to surf the epic swell.
However, the family in this drama is more concerned with finding each other.
On Christmas vacation in Thailand, Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their sons, Lucas (Tom Holland), Tomas (Samuel Joslin) and Simon (Oaklee Pendergast), are caught in the tsunami triggered by an offshore earthquake.
In the wake of the wave, a wounded Maria, Lucas and a toddler team-up to reach an overpopulated hospital.
Elsewhere on the island, an equally injured Henry, Simon and Tomas set out to find their missing family members.
Based on the 2004 natural disaster, The Impossible proficiently portrays the human horrors of the aftermath, and the courage and faith it took to persevere.
On the bright side, the tsunami washed away most of Thailand’s sex tourists. 0
The best part of an energy company sponsoring a local arts event is that it really makes you forget that they are raping the earth.
However, the gas company in this drama hasn’t started drilling yet.
Dispatched to rural Pennsylvania to lease land from locals at a low cost so their employer can frack for natural gas, Steve Butler (Matt Damon) and his partner (Frances McDormand) court the community with corporate cash.
But when an erudite yolk (Hal Holbrook) vies for a vote and a persuasive activist (John Krasinski) campaigns the community, Steve’s job and fledgling relationship with an area teacher (Rosemarie DeWitt) is threatened.
Now, he must choose between people and petrol.
While its litigious topic is certainly one of interest, the film’s overall message is misspent on over-sentimentality, immaturity, and needless romantic sub-plots.
Besides, what town wouldn’t want a fire department that hoses down infernos with flammable water? 0
***Gangstars***
Mobsters
The worst part about being a young gangster is that no one takes your ice pick serious until it’s too late.
Luckily, the nextgen in this action movie have brains and bullets.
When a fresh-faced Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) meets youthful Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) the two, along with Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor), make a name for themselves in the bootlegging racket.
Over time, the gangster squad seizes control of NYC from the old bosses and divides it between the five main families.
But can this new crime regime keep from crumbling under its own infighting?
Overly violent and under acted, this loose interpretation of the upper echelon of the underworld’s top brass fails to live up to its lofty ambitions.
Incidentally, this reinforces that the only way to get ahead in this world is to mow the older generation down with Tommy guns.
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