![]() Stephen Fry in America is a six-part BBC television series in which Stephen Fry travels across the United States of America, a country in which he was almost born. We do our best to fulfill orders as quickly as we can. ![]() For MOD requests, processing time could be up to 1 week on average. Our processing time is 1-2 days for in-stock items for domestic orders. The price of the items would only cover the operational / raw material / shipping costs and would be sold for personal use only. We would not make any profit out of such sale. Many DVD stores now offer MOD service, and so do we to keep a competitive edge. Should an item be unavailable, we would inform you if it was possible to provide an on-Demand DVD-R version of the requested item, but we offer no guarantees. Please read our notice and takedown policy by clicking here. Notice and Takedown policyĪs a professional and reputable online store, DVD Planet Store is fully committed to the twin issues of copyright and trademarks. Our representative will get in touch with the customer with the availability of the items when an order is placed. Since, we do not take payments online at this time, there is 0% risk in placing order for movies you like on our website. Our aim is to build a comprehensive listing of movies and TV shows available to date. The items that are not released yet, or not out on DVD / Blu-ray are indeed unavailable, and that is what we would tell our customers if the requests ever come in. Our catalog is built as a reference for our customers, while we do our best to sync our in-stock items on our website. It could have been a great movie, but instead it's just the film equivalent of a mid-level mob enforcer.Please note that a product being listed on our website does not necessarily mean it is in stock and readily available for order. In the end, "Gangster Squad" couldn't manage to reconcile the "true story" seriousness with its urge to indulge itself in the cinematic treasure trove that comes with portraying '40s and '50s-era grandeur. They had to fight through a transparent plot and uninspired dialogue to get there, but they managed to wring as much entertainment value as possible out of it – even as the action built to a slo-mo showdown of a climax that teetered on the edge of ridiculous. Perhaps the best thing in the movie, "Gangster Squad"'s song selection was easily the most genuine thing the film accessed to create its period ambience.ĭespite the paragraphs of criticism, "Gangster Squad" really isn't that bad of a movie, and it has its able ensemble cast to thank for that. Don't confuse this with a slight against the soundtrack, however. Its pensive, deep monotones don't flesh out until the near-climax, leaving it to plaintively drone over the majority of the film and attempt to create situational gravity too soon and too often. ![]() ![]() The only thing more eyeroll-inducing than these prototypical ploys is "Gangster Squad"'s score. in slick dark cars – wholly embrace the devil-may-care arrogance of a cartoonishly repugnant kingpin soaring too close to the sun. Conversely, the down-and-dirty aspects of his ill-gotten lifestyle – the clandestine business meetings set in deviously noir locales, the cadre of goons armed with tommy guns tooling around L.A. Nearly everything else about "Gangster Squad" is awash in what can best be described as "gangster camp." Everything about Cohen's high-class living is gratuitously ostentatious, from his fortified mansion and posh nightlife to his ludicrously mismatched partnership with etiquette coach Grace Faraday (Emma Stone). Unfortunately, their promise is smothered by their one-dimensional characters and unembellished screentime that only sets them up as a band of cliched white knights. The secret band of righteous outlaws, led by Sergeant John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and backed by a diversely skilled ensemble (played by Ryan Gosling, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Patrick, Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena), lay a promising foundation for the film despite its rote crime drama set-up. "Gangster Squad" is the semi-true story of a group of LAPD officers tasked with taking down the city's most notorious crime boss, Mickey Cohen (played with smarmy zeal by Sean Penn). But, when the swanky style of the era meets the stylized swank of the movie's own excesses, things get out of hand. In fact, it's pretty much a prerequisite. Nice cars, fancy suits, expensive arm candy – the sky was the limit on how they could show off their wealth and power.įor a movie like "Gangster Squad" – which takes place amidst the glitz and glamour (and dirty world of organized crime) of late '40s Los Angeles – showing off is fine. Classic gangsters loved a good embarrassment of riches.
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