MICHAEL TADROSS

RUN ALL NIGHT (2015)
Starring Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Boyd Holbrook, Patricia Kalember, Genesis Rodriguez and Nick Nolte. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon, once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass.

But when Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike, becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he’ll face himself…at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

REVIEWS Run All Night - Just more Liam Neeson with a gun

GANGSTER SQUAD (2013)
Starring Ryan Gosling - Sgt Jerry Wooters, Josh Brolin - John O'Mara, Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen, Emma Stone - Grace Faraday and Nick Nolte - Bill Parker. Directed by Ruben Fleischer.

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop...except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara and Jerry Wooters, who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart.

REVIEWS Gangster Squad - A 21st century 'Untouchables'