I know that I said I would now turn my attention to promoting Josh Brolin’s Men in Black 3, but the first trailer for J Bro’s Gangster Squad has hit the Internet streets, and it looks way too cool not to go ahead and give y’all the heads up.

What makes this look so awesome?  Let us count the ways.

• Josh Brolin leads a gang of rogue cops.  I could stop right there and that would be enough, but let’s proceed.
• Though Sean Penn may be a good actor, I can’t stand when he opens his mouth in public.  Therefore, I can’t wait to see Brolin throw down on him in the movie.
• “What happened to them?”  “They resisted.”
• Robert “Don’t Call Me Ray Liotta” Patrick’s mustache.  That masterpiece deserves its own credit!

Check out the official synopsis and trailer below.

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) 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 (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart. “The Gangster Squad” is a colorful retelling of events surrounding the LAPD’s efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time.

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