{"id":17460,"date":"2018-01-18T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=17460"},"modified":"2018-01-18T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T02:30:57","slug":"review-gangster-land-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/01\/review-gangster-land-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangster Land BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If Gangster Land<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t enough of a lackluster title, the movie is equally uninspiring gangster film that features some recognizable actors but none are exactly believable in their respective roles not to mention some questionable accents. This is just one of hundreds of direct-to-video films that will get lost in the shuffle.<\/p>\n

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Gangster Land<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Crime
\nCinedigm | NR \u2013 88 min. \u2013 $19.97 | January 16, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/18\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Timothy Woodward Jr.
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Ian Patrick Williams (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Sean Faris, Milo Gibson, Jason Patric, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Peter Facinelli, Michael Par\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>None
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>19.0 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>During the height of 1920s prohibition, notorious gangster Al Capone (MILO GIBSON) recruits amateur boxer Machine Gun Jack McGurn (SEAN FARIS) to help fight the Irish and protect his empire on the crime-ridden streets of Chicago. When the Italian mob becomes the most lucrative criminal organization in the country, tensions build with \u201cBugs\u201d Moran (PETER FACINELLI) of the Irish Northside gang, igniting the most brutal gang war the country has ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Gangster Land<\/em><\/strong> is a half-baked, hap-hazard crime-drama that might have respectable costume and production designs and all but there\u2019s not much here that\u2019s all that memorable. The acting is at times laughable, mainly their fake thick accents, and it\u2019s more or less 80-minutes of one clich\u00e9 after another, which began basically with the first line when McGurn\u2019s mother concern over her son\u2019s face and he replies with \u201cYou should\u2019ve seen the other guy.\u201d How original.<\/p>\n

The film was produced and directed by Timothy Woodward Jr., a name I\u2019m sadly familiar with other poorly made flicks such as Gnome Alone<\/em>, WEAPONized<\/em> and Checkmate<\/em> to name a few. Although Gangster Land<\/em><\/strong> is more ambitious by comparison, it still feels incredibly rushed featuring characters, whether you know their histories or not, that weren\u2019t very engaging.<\/p>\n

This is as bland as its title. Skip this one.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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No features were included but this did come with a glossy slip cover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Gangster Land<\/em><\/strong> is presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec) and a 2.39 widescreen aspect ratio. The picture quality is on the mixed side where some shots are sharp and nicely defined while others looked soft. The colors were tamped down probably in keeping with the 1920s setting though there were some pops such as Capone\u2019s red suit towards the end.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The film includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that I found a bit too low key. While dialogue did come through clear enough, when the action did pick up, like the multiple scenes of gunfire, it lacked any impact to the point my bass barely registered.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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If Gangster Land<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t enough of a lackluster title, the movie is equally uninspiring gangster film that features some recognizable actors but none are exactly believable in their respective roles not to mention some questionable accents. This is just one of hundreds of direct-to-video films that will (and should) get lost in the shuffle. The Blu-ray itself is basic with no bonus features and so-so video\/audio transfers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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If Gangster Land isn\u2019t enough of a lackluster title, the movie is equally uninspiring gangster film that features some recognizable actors but none are exactly believable in their respective roles not to mention some questionable accents. This is just one of hundreds of direct-to-video films that will get lost in the shuffle.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[3258,354,4053,5815,3428,1998,4393],"class_list":["post-17460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-jamie-lynn-sigler","tag-jason-patric","tag-michael-pare","tag-milo-gibson","tag-peter-facinelli","tag-sean-faris","tag-timothy-woodward-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17462,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17460\/revisions\/17462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}