The Roaring Twenties

Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise…

Criterion

Arriving at tail-end of the trend of prohibition-era gangster films and intended as something of a goodbye Walsh applies a sophisticated, freewheeling energy composed of kinetic camera moves, elaborate montages and bursts of ruthless violence to tackle the entire…

Josh Lewis

He used to be a big shot. -Panama Smith The film can probably best be described as a fast paced gangster epic. The story is truly epic in scope as it starts out in World War I and makes it's way to the early 30s covering everything from prohibition, the stock market…

Mr. DuLac

It's like Boogie Nights but with booze instead of porn.

James A. Janisse

I kind of like the “every thirty minutes narrator with booming voice updating major events in the 20s to both move the story along and position violent film to placate the Hayes Code” device. Sure, it’s kinda goofy, but I love how rooted in history it makes the film feel.…

DallasFrance

"aren't you gonna tell me about the war and how you suffered?" "honey... you'll never know how I've suffered."The 4K copy of this is spectacular. The image is clear but not too sharp. The difference looks beautiful. 1939, it feels like a closing chapter for the classic…

Rocky🕵️🎞️

What an absolute gem of a movie that doesn't get near enough of the attention it deserves. Cagney completes an arc that you're not used to seeing from him, one that mirrors Rico's in LITTLE CAESAR, but this has a lot more emotional weight than that movie. Cagney is…

Timcop

the beginning of one of the great runs in hollywood history -- raoul walsh's work before this was innovative and promising, but spotty, given to poor scripts and third-string casts. with the roaring twenties, his first warners picture, walsh embarks on directing three of…

comrade_yui

"Well won't you stay and tell me how you suffered?" The Roaring Twenties, much like the name of the decade itself, was a roaring time as far as crime dramas go. It did a great job at providing a very targeted and broad overview of the times and enough action mixed in to…

Andrew