I saw it this past Friday, (I had off from work). Normally if you give me a crime movie, I'm in. You give me one with both Denzel and Russel Crowe, I'm sold. The movie is long but you really don't mind, because the story keeps you involved. What I really liked about it was that unlike Scareface ( another favorite of mine) it shows you some of the aftermath of this man's rise to drug lord. I mean the real Frank Lucas is responsible for countless deaths and destruction. But it's funny, you still end up rooting for the bad guy, no matter what he does. It's a hard argument, is it the dealer or society to be blamed, for the drugs. Is the dealer worst that the dirty cops feeding off of him? It's an interesting thought. The real fun of the movie is picking out all of the known actors in the movie. Big names, and very small, Ridley Scott sure packed the movie with a ton of actors and parts. For me all thumbs up for AMERICAN GANGSTER!
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