Los Angeles on view in 'Gangster Squad'

REVIEW: "Gangster Squad" made the news last summer before most moviegoers had even heard of it. A scene in the film's trailer shows four men with automatic weapons who stand behind a movie screen and fire through itThat puts Sony's controversial drama on pace to easily win the weekend box office race with $25 million. It was running safely ahead of the weekend's two debuting movies, Warner Bros.' star-studded “Gangster Squad” and the horror spoof “A Haunted HouseBut by the second or third time the gangster squad provokes some insane public gunfight with Cohen's army, you catch on that you're not seeing something real or almost real, but an attempt to ramp up an old story for maximum action. With thatThe best and worst thing about Gangster Squad is its complete lack of originality. Supposedly based on the true story of the Los Angeles Police

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