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American Gangster (2007)
Ridley Scott continues to show he is the greatest director working today. Sure, he has had a few bombs but so did John Ford and John Huston; yet Scott has had some great successes, even from his very first movie Alien. There is nobody else working today who has...
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Don't tell me you're actually gonna arrest the American Gangster
American Gangster (2007) is another one of those popular mobster flicks that's based on a true story. In this movie the story is about an infamous 1960 Harlem drug lord name Frank Lucas who deals heroin. Hollywood heavyweights and Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington, head up... Read full review »
A very well-made period cops and drug-kingpin movie
Ridley Scott has shot over 2000 commercials, so one might think he might make lean movies. One would be mistaken! His movies have strong visuals, for sure (Alien, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner, the little-known The Duelists, etc.) and often have suspenseful sequences. Short they are not... Read full review »
Just as Every Cop Is a Criminal ... American Gangster
In the New York City of American Gangster, it's hard to tell the cops from the criminals. Police officers consistently accept bribes from criminals, get a little overzealous with their guns during raids, and indulge in some of the drugs they confiscate.
When Detective Richie Roberts...
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Will Harlem in fact take care of you?
It is a generally accepted fact that organized crime has been and always will be an amazingly lucrative and profit driven enterprise that seeks new and innovative ways to do just one thing: impact positively the bottom line. The money that is garnered through different organized crime ventures... Read full review »
American Gangster ? Unrated Edition Review
The "Unrated" and extended edition of American Gangster goes to show just how clever Hollywood marketing is. "Unrated" makes it sounds like it has more sex and violence because the MPAA doesn't review it, but for American Gangster, that's actually not the case. The unrated version adds an extra 19... Read full review »
Not quite an American classic but good in its own right
Overtime I have developed a taste for what one might call gangster or mob movies. I have viewed a fair amount of them and I though American Gangster would be pretty good. It was but it was not nearly as good as the classics like Goodfellas or Godfather. Still it was certainly better than what... Read full review »
American Masterpiece
Would I be overdoing it by calling "American Gangster" an American masterpiece? I don't think I've enjoyed any other movie this year more than this one. This is vintage Ridley Scott, who shows us why he's possibly the best filmmaker working today and, in my opinion, one of the 10 best directors in... Read full review »
American Gangster = American Idol
America has been glorifying gangsters way before hip hop and gangster rap, way before television "The Sopranos" (1999), hit movies Scarface (1983) and Goodfellas (1990). Guns and seemingly limitless funds (read "fun") were an end and a mean (by a mean I refer to both the demeanor and misdemeanor,... Read full review »
Conscientious Objection?
The brutal effects of Vietnam on the psyche of the American nation has been explored in countless ways by the motion picture industry, but none as unique as American Gangster as of late. It was during the Vietnam Era that we saw bean counters enter American industry like the plague, rationalizing... Read full review »
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British director Ridley Scott may not seem a logical choice for this truly American crime drama but the filmmaker does an excellent job. The film is based on a true story and set in 1968 Harlem where Frank Lucas Denzel Washington is a driver for Bumpy Johnson one of the top figures in the city's criminal world. When Bumpy dies Lucas swoops in taking over his predecessor's empire and expanding it over the next few years with his sale of a particularly potent brand of heroin. Meanwhile New Jersey cop Richie Roberts Russell Crowe begins to investigate the New York drug world and discovers that there's a new power in town. Thanks to screenwriter Steve Zallian as well as Washington and Crowe AMERICAN GANGSTER creates a convincing portrait of two men who are neither entirely good nor entirely bad. Washington plays Lucas as a man who buys his mother a palatial home but doesn't hesitate to beat his brother's head against a window. Crowe's Roberts may turn in a million-dollar find but he cheats on his wife. Sadly they only meet onscreen toward the end of the film but the minimal interaction between the two Oscar winners is fascinating. Even though the focus is on Lucas and Roberts AMERICAN GANGSTER is filled with a wealth of strong characters played by talented actors. It seems everyone with a SAG card turns up for the film including Chiwetel Ejiofor Josh Brolin Ted Levine John Hawkes Ruben Santiago-Hudson Carla Gugino Ruby Dee Joe Morton and rappers T.I. and RZA. It's an epic film with a run time of over two and a half hours but it's time well spent. Fans of classic crime films such as THE GODFATHER SERPICO and CARLITO'S WAY will certainly be pleased by this addition to the genre.
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American Gangster (Unrated/Rated) (Anamorphic Widescreen)
Academy Award(R) winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott ("Gladiator") for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. "American Gangster" is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim). English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles. Includes Theatrical and Unrated Versions of Feature Film on one disc.
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