Review of Gangster Squad (2013) by A.o. Scott for The New York Times — 10 Jan 2013
His (Fleischer) first feature, "Zombieland," was a half-witty genre parody. This one might be described as genre zombie-ism: the hysterical, brainless animation of dead clichés reduced to purposeless, compulsive killing.
Too self-serious to succeed as pastiche, it has no reason for being beyond the parasitic urge to feed on the memories of other, better movies.
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This review of Gangster Squad (2013) was written by A.o. Scott and published by The New York Times on 10 Jan 2013.
Gangster Squad has generally received mixed reviews.
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