Film Review: Gangster Squad (15), (U.S.A. 2013) (Director: Ruben Fleischer), Thursday 10.01.2013 18:20, The Cameo Cinema, Screen One, Edinburgh

This is 'based' on the true story of the L.A.P.D. taking on mobster boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) in the 1940s. Despite an alluring cast which also includes Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone & Nick Nolte, this is a dreadful film. It was flashy and shiny, yet is so tediously dull and boring, that the actors felt wasted on this. The story has no depth and the dialogue wooden; it has not a single redeeming element or quality - it may as well have been a computer game.

Regardless of who you are, or what your tastes may be, don't waste your time on this nonsense.

Rating: 0/10.