tanty
Quite a disappointed since it is really as much as you expect, but nothing new.
Washington and Russell perform really well, so, as a characters movie, it works. It doesn't work at all as a biopic. Too much Hollywood on it.
American Gangster
- Drama
- Crime
11/2/2007
157
R
There are two sides to the American dream.
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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- Revenue:
- $269,755,430
- Budget:
- $100,000,000
- new york city
- vietnam
- drug smuggling
- society
- gangster
- drug trafficking
- heroin
- junkie
- ghetto
- nightclub
- ambition
- rise and fall
- cop
- organized crime
- drug dealing
- police corruption
- wedding
- police detective
- family
- surveillance
- bribery
- law enforcement
- aftercreditsstinger
- dishonesty
- 1960s
- provocative
- factual
- violence
- suspenseful
- intense
- brisk
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Cast
Denzel WashingtonFrank Lucas- Russell CroweRichie Roberts
- Josh BrolinDetective Trupo
- Chiwetel EjioforHuey Lucas
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Nicky Barnes
Lymari NadalEva- Ted LevineLou Toback
- Armand AssanteDominic Cattano
- John OrtizJavier J. Rivera
- John HawkesFreddie Spearman
- RZAMoses Jones
- Yul VazquezAlfonso Abruzzo
- Ruby DeeMama Lucas
- Idris ElbaTango
- Carla GuginoLaurie Roberts
- Joe MortonCharlie Williams
Reviews
r96sk
A thoroughly entertaining 157 minutes!
'American Gangster' delivers in every area it needs to. Enthralling premise, immaculate music, phenomenal casting and great pacing. I was surprised slightly with how it finishes, but it's far and away from a disappointing/underwhelming conclusion.
Not much really needs to be said about Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. They're exactly how you'd expect them to be, outstanding! Washington is fantastic as Frank, while Crowe is superb as Richie. You have to wait a while for their proper screen time together, but it's worth the time it takes.
Away from the leads, you have a load of recognizable faces - I was literally that Rick Dalton meme for the first 45-60 mins! Chiwetel Ejiofor (Huey) and Jo...
Geronimo1967
Denzel Washington is on top-form here as he takes on the role of the unscrupulous and devious heroine importer "Lucas" in this superior crime drama. Following the death of his boss, he spots an opening in New York's drugs market which he deftly exploits by importing top grade product directly from Thailand and he sells his "Blue Magic" cut-rate to an increasingly willing population. Largely insulated from risk by his very profitable links with organised crime, it falls to "Richie Roberts" (Russell Crowe) to head up a narcotics task force charged with stopping this lucrative trade that has made "Lucas" one of America's most wanted. It has to be said that his method of importation is extremely shrewd, and as the narrative unfolds we discover ...
SoSmooth1982
Love gangster movies. Denzel Washington's one of the best to ever do it.