Gangster Squad Movie Quotes

"Gangster Squad" movies quotes follow the action in this 2013 crime movie based on the real life story of mafia gangster Mickey Cohen. Based on "Tales from the Gangster Squad" by Paul Lieberman, "Gangster Squad" was written by Will Beall and directed by Ruben Fleischer. Originally the film was set to open on September 7, 2012, however in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting, the release was pushed back to January 11, 2013, due to "Gangster Squad" featuring a scene where the characters use machine guns to shoot up theatergoers.

In "Gangster Squad," the setting is the 1940s and 1950s in Los Angeles, California. Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), a New York-born gangster with ties to Al Capone, moves to Los Angeles and soon becomes one of the biggest gangsters on the West Coast. Despite their best attempts, the Los Angeles Police Department simply cannot take down Mickey Cohen, that is at least using traditional, legal methods.

So at the request of Police Chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte), the officers try a different method, playing by Mickey's rules. Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin), Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) and other officers (portrayed by Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena and Robert Patrick, among others), form a gangster squad to take back Los Angeles from Mickey Cohen's control. Emma Stone co-stars in the film.

"Gangster Squad" is one of the most anticipated films for the winter of 2012 but it isn't alone. Other notable releases include "Django Unchained," "Killing Them Softly," "Hitchcock," "Skyfall," "Lincoln," "Flight," "Playing for Keeps," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Anna Karenina," "This Must Be the Place," "Cloud Atlas," "Wreck-It Ralph," "Nobody Walks," "The Sessions," "Red Dawn," "Chasing Mavericks," "Rise of the Guardians," "Argo," and "Looper."