Pros: Washington, Crowe, Dee, Gooding, Assante, script, direction Cons: There's always someone who can take the place of men like Frank Lucas
What is the American dream? It means making lots of money for some. It means being a good provider for others. Unfortunately, in certain cases, someone pays a price in pursuit of the American dream. American Gangster looks at the cost of ...
Pros: Strong acting, directing and writing Cons: None
I really didn't know what to expect when I saw the first ads for "American Gangster". I knew that I wanted to see it for no other reason than two of my favorite actors were in it: Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. I'm also a big fan of director ...
Ridley Scott's American Gangster is at heart a study in contrasts--concretely speaking, the contrasts between Harlem and Newark in the late 1960s and 1970s. More abstractly, it's a study in contrasts between the haves and the have-nots, blacks ...
Pros: An exciting movie with some real surprises. Cons: A bit looooong.
Two of the very best- and I mean the very best- actors in our current crop of movie actors- crackle with energy and fire in American Gangster. In a role he seems born to play, Denzel Washington shows his highly crafted devilish bad-boy persona in ...
Pros: Tight script, good acting from Washington and supporting players. Cons: Crowe's Aussie accent was distracting. little long on the domestic sparring between Roberts and wife.
You know the story of Frank Lucas. His story has been all over the news recently. Just Google "Frank Lucas" and you get hundreds of hits. He is probably more famous now than he was back in the 1960s and 1970s as Harlem's biggest dope dealer. It is ...
Format: DVD, American Gangster Academy Award® winners* Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful epic story. Armed with ru...
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