Written by Walon Green -LRB-» The Wild Bunch,» «
Sorcerer,» «The Brink's Job»), and said to be in the vein
of classic gangster
pics like «The Public Enemy,» «Little Caesar» and «Angels With Dirty Faces,» the story focuses on Al Capone's rise to power moving from the slums
of Brooklyn to the top
of the food chain in prohibition - era Chicago.