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

It's taken me some time to watch this film with some heavies from the era in a film together, and here we have it. Granted Bogart was on his way up and unrecognized but James Cagney was full blown guns a blazing. It's really a story of the have and have nots after the…

pirateneckbeard

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

O filme cobre um período movimentado da história americana entre o fim da I Guerra Mundial até o a Grande Depressão. Durante esse intervalo houve uma efervescência cultural, econômica e tecnológica que impactou nos costumes da sociedade e coube ao estado implantar um…

Rodrigo Homsi

"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 difference looks beautiful. 1939, it feels like a closing chapter for the classic gangster genre. Looks back at…

Rocky🕵️🎞️

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…

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