Review: 'Gangster Squad' runs through its ammo to no avail

The new crime thriller "Gangster Squad," with its swell cast led by Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn and Emma Stone, tries to capture mob-infested Los Angeles circa 1949, when Hollywood glam ruled the Strip, wiseguys took aim with tommy guns and fedoras were all the rage.

By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

January 10, 2013