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By Kelly Jane Torrance (368) for Washington Examiner (271) on 17 Dec 2018

Gangster Squad is a generic name, which is fitting, because Gangster Squad is a generic movie…

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By Debbie Baldwin (220) for Ladue News (220) on 06 Nov 2018

This is an exceptionally well-acted and--for the most part--entertaining film…

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By Jamie Neish (184) for CineVue (2,163) on 12 Aug 2018

A plodding, limp and try-hard attempt at injecting some 21st century influences into what would've been more effective as a classic, simple noir…

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By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 10 Sep 2017

Gangster Squad is a stylish, tension-filled watch but, for all its brutal violence and determined men, it lacks the depth of character to make…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for Reel Talk Online (378) on 06 Sep 2017

It's a lazy, watered down gangster flick that is not nearly as clever or as new as it attempts to be…

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 31 Aug 2017

Gangster Squad is slight pulp fiction that offers all-out, balls-to-the-wall action riddled with as many clichés as bullets…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Those who are calling it shallow and cartoony and clichéd are missing the point. It is all of those things, purposefully - gleefully, even…

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By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 04 Aug 2015

Okay, so maybe nobody expected Gangster Squad to be in the league of, say, Chinatown or L.A…

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By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 04 Nov 2013

A nod toward nostalgia, a grandiose display of the arrogance of the present: this seems to be the whole program of Gangster Squad…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 12 Jul 2013

Flitting between over-the-top violence, grim moral posturing, and matinee thrills, this is a broad, two-dimensional crime noir that thinks…

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By Paul Chambers (522) for Movie Chambers (386) on 08 May 2013

Gangster Squad is like The Untouchables without a heart. De Palma delivered the goods on Ness and company…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 04 May 2013

Although it's blunt and brisk in its own inoffensive way, Gangster Squad is meathead cinema - the sort that cuts hard from a splattered brain…

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By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 24 Apr 2013

Makes 1991′s Mobsters look like The Godfather in comparison…

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By Sara Maria Vizcarrondo (199) for Movies With Butter (52) on 18 Mar 2013

While pretty and often entertaining, Gangster Squad's a violent urban western that gets lost in the fog of homage…

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By Joshua Starnes (554) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 18 Mar 2013

Those looking for the depth and complexity of the best of the genre are in the wrong place, but take Gangster Squad for what it is and it's…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 11 Mar 2013

Do not try to fight off the running this is the City of Angels commentary; you will lose…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 10 Mar 2013

The end result is a passable - just barely - thriller that benefits substantially from the efforts of its star-heavy cast…

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By Catherine Bray (216) for Film4 (1,522) on 04 Mar 2013

Gangster Squad verges on a parody of hard-boiled noir in the vein of the Scary Movie/Date Movie/Epic Movie films, only with real A-list star…

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By Greg Evans (65) for Bloomberg News (117) on 28 Feb 2013

It should all be a lot more fun than it is, or at least as rollicking as Zombieland, Fleischer's clever 2009 outing…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Film.com (1,892) on 27 Feb 2013

The violence is so indifferently presented that it has no kick; it’s not grim or graphic enough to shock, but it doesn’t rev us up, either…

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