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Mobsters, police battle in 'Gangster Squad'

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    Classic mafia drama looks to thrill fans

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Thanks for squads bears no bullets in this classic mafia drama based on mob boss Mickey Cohen.

This squad together.

-- -- in 1940 Los Angeles that don't follow the group of cops who form a special undercover unit to take down Cohen and his operation.

-- wage war.

There's this romance as to what it was back then that was more integrity than -- -- -- heroics there's a cadence to it there's an exaggeration to everything.

That's just not as heavy handed it's like from the seventies on.

Being a fan of the genre helped both Ryan Gosling and -- roll and get into character.

I was a fan of my version of gangsters growing up I think the reality of -- -- -- samba as something different.

I love the idea of this whole kind of bogey and and Robert Mitchum and a movie star gangster version.

The truth is that I elect Dick Tracy.

Those Mayan.

You know had all the mugs everything collected stuff what that's what I read this they thought you know sound not quite as cartoonish or.

You know comic bookie but -- somewhere and that and that day -- here.

-- -- -- For -- working with Ryan Gosling on this -- was different from her experience on crazy stupid love.

On this -- -- did you joke around -- problem.

Because on -- to -- of Egypt around.

And we couldn't do in this so it was actually kind heart.

-- -- -- Positive for the outfits and act with Ryan.

And to make sure the cast did their research we quizzed them on how many famous gangsters they -- name in ten seconds.

-- Go Al -- Frank.

What's OK.

Scarface -- opponent -- corridor or giancana zone.

Scarface.

-- As a done -- Siegel.

Frank -- George Lucas I mean Frank Lucas Frank Lucas Franklin.

We'll pull people itself.

Seeing how.

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