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American Gangster (2007)

7.3 Listal rating
8 IMDB rating

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4 Reviews

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368 Ratings

Crime (18), Drama (16), Drugs (14), Mafia (12), Gangster (11), 2007 (8), Biography (7), Cops (6), Historical (5), New York (5), True Story (5), History (4), 2000s (4), Organized Crime (4), NYC (4), (4), Chases (3), Organised Crime (3), Bio (3), Suicide (2)

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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Richie Roberts
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Huey Lucas
Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Detective Trupo
Ted Levine

Ted Levine

Lou Toback
John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Freddie Spearman
RZA

RZA

Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez

Yul Vazquez

Alfonso Abruzzo


Written by (View all) :
Steven Zaillian

Steven Zaillian

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Videos

AMERICAN GANGSTER- Full Trailer

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The Highs & Lo's of The American Dream

Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at May 3 6:24
A great crime drama in a time when such films have become rare without the boost of big banging shoot-em up guns blasting away. Though based on a real story of a drug kingpin & the police detective determined to bring him down, the film goes down the path of the ever prevalent poetic licensing that these types of films tend to take, in order to focus more on the story of the rise & fall of an Amarican gangster whose distrubution of only the purest of heroin whilst eliminating the "middleman" changed the way drugs became distributed on the streets. Denzel Washington plays the crimelord who sees his only option towards the American Dream is his wry combination of street-savy intellect & non-hesitant ruthlessness. Russell Crowes seemlessly tackles the part of the leader of a police task...Read more

Rating : 8/10

An amazing crime drama!

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 12 2:30
"Frank Lucas is the most dangerous man walking the streets of our city." American Gangster is another film of 2007 that separates the audiences who seek rubbish blockbusters (like Transformers, Spider-Man 3, etc) and those who seek fine filmmaking no matter how slowly the film is paced. To like this film, you must be part of the latter. Ridley Scott's latest directorial outing is nothing short of a masterpiece; an expertly crafted intense American crime drama led by talented stars and a director in top form. Before getting on with this review I must be perfectly frank: the trailer for American Gangster was the worst way to advertise the film and does no justice to the final product. I wasn't at all interested in the film after watching the trailer; however I was pulled along aft...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Tells it like it is!

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 20 9:45
Every bit as good as I anticipated. Doesn't showboat like some of the great crime films that came before it, it just tells it like it is. Crowe and Washington bring it big time!

Rating : 9/10

oscar worthy

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 12 22:32
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe star in "American Gangster" the the movie about the rise and fall of Frank Lucas a herion dealer who buys right from the source. Russell Crowe plays Ritchie Roberts the cop that brought down Frank Lucas. "American Gangster" follows in the tradition of Martin Scorsese's earlier work in "GoodFellas","The Departed",and "casino". "American Gangster" opens with Frank brutally killing someone dousing them in gasoline ,setting the person on fire, and then unloading 9 bullets on the person finally killing him. Followed shortley by the opening title. "American Gangster" is a gritty ,yet powerfully dramatic and dark crime thriller to please everyone who is a fan of the crime/drama genre.Rusell Crowe and Denzel Washington provide Steller performances. Followed by a...Read more

Rating : 10/10