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25 QUESTIONS
HUFFINGTON
01.20.13
ANGSTER SQUAD, a movie that
is not about a squad of gangsters,
opened — finally — last Friday.
Gangster Squad stars Josh Brolin
(Milk) as a Los Angeles cop placed in
charge of taking down the operations
of very animated gangster played by
Sean Penn (Milk). Gangster Squad
also stars Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Emma Stone (Crazy,
Stupid, Love). As a service, we answer
every question that you could have
about Gangster Squad. —Mike Ryan
01
How many gangsters are in the
Gangster Squad? Zero.
02
What is the Gangster Squad? The
Gangster Squad is a team put together by Sgt. John O’Mara (Brolin) to fight organized crime. The
team consists of Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), Det. Rocky
Washington (Anthony Mackie),
Det. Conway Keeler (Giovanni Ribisi), Det. Navidad Ramirez (Michael Pena) and Det. Max Kennard
(Robert Patrick).
03
Going forward, how many movies
shou ld Anthony Mackie be in?
Going forward, Anthony Mackie
should be in all of the movies.
04
What does the Gangster Squad
do? A headstrong new police
chief (Nick Nolte) taps Det. O’Mara
to form the Gangster Squad — in an
effort to disrupt the actions of a Los
Angeles mob boss named Mickey
Cohen (Sean Penn).
05
So it’s a task force assigned to
arrest Cohen and his gang? No.
Cohen pretty much owns the city,
so arrests will do no good. This
task force is put in place to operate above the law and kill the
members of Cohen’s gang.
Is the goal to kill Cohen? It’s explained that if Cohen is killed,
there will just be someone there