American Gangster (2007)

Image Credits: Photo by Miloš Trajković on Unsplash

Image Credits: Photo by Miloš Trajković on Unsplash

Main Cast:
  • Denzel Washington
  • Russell Crowe
Director:
  • Ridley Scott


About the movie:


American Gangster (2007) is based on the life story of Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a former international drug lord and crime boss in a major African American business and cultural center in Manhattan, New York is known as Harlem during the late 1960's up to early 1970s. While Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), is a New Jersey police detective and Essex County Assistant Prosecutor.

The movie's plot revolves around the separate lives of a high-class gangster and an ordinary policeman and how their lives accidentally coincide. It features how Lucas engaged in the dark side of the "rags to riches" story. He started as a driver of a mob boss that passed away, leaving the authority to him. He created his own empire to achieve his own American Dream. He ruled the inner-city drug trades, dealing with the elite in politics, entertainment, and the same field he's in.

Meanwhile, Richie Roberts is having a hard time dealing with his failing marriage, police career, and law school classes. His rampant womanizing resulted in a more complicated situation when his wife seeks a divorce and custody of their child. His colleagues hate him because of his rare honesty making him an outcast. He takes charge of the newly-built task force against the raging drug trafficking in the cities of New Jersey and New York.

As drug-related crimes rise and as the police task force seeks the right timing to catch the man behind the rampant drug trafficking, Lucas and Roberts's paths will become intertwined, as destined to be - where only one can come out on top.

American Gangster features the interesting personalities of the men of the opposite sides of the law and it tackles the issue of corruption and crime. Ridley Scott magnificently directed this gangster movie (this is the best movie so far of 2007) and the cast, Washington and Crowe give depth to their roles and acted brilliantly here.



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Comments

Anonymous said…
If I will rate this film from 0-10 8 is the best rate for this movie.
Anonymous said…
well, this movie seems kind of like the video game GTA. Its all about gangsters, mafias, corruption, drugs, etc...definitely full of crime and killings.
Unknown said…
I gave this film 8/10 stars because i could find nothing solid that detracted from it.

A fine film for me.


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