As 2013 sweeps in, Los Angeles has slipped back to 1949 to bring us Gangster Squad, an inspired-by-reality historical shoot ‘em up.

Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), former boxer, current mobster, rules the town. He desperately wants to show the Chicago Mob that he doesn’t need to answer to them any more, and desperate men do desperate things. He will do anything to get what he wants, and woe to those who get in his way.

Police Sergeant John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) is a war veteran, and a major badass. He believes in honor and duty and saving innocents. But he’s frustrated by corruption in the system. If he continues on this idealistic path, he’s headed toward destruction, despite his very smart, very pregnant, wife Connie (Mireille Enos).
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