American Gangster
There are two sides to the American dream
There are two sides to the American dream
Crime, Drama
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2007
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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. Partly based on a true story.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
157 min
Release date:
2 Nov 2007
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$100,000,000
Revenue:
$266,465,037
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 38 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Washington's steely grip on his impersonation of Frank Lucas holds the film together.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
2 Nov 2007
rotten:
For all its grit, style and atmosphere, Gangster never sweeps you away. It has neither the lurid bravado of De Palma's "Scarface" nor the intimate grasp of the criminal lifestyle you find in Scorsese or Coppola.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
5 Nov 2007
rotten:
How much truth we get in the movie version is hard to say...nobody much cares if it's gospel, as long as it's riveting. Here, alas, it is not.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
6 Nov 2007
fresh:
Like much of his oeuvre, Scott's scaled-up movie is bigger than life - and lesser for it. But while never digging deeply or darkly enough to match its own grand vision of itself, slick technique drives the story forward with pace and style.
– Jonathan Crocker,
Time Out,
14 Nov 2007
fresh:
Ridley Scott's gangster flick aims high and mostly measures up.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR.org,
18 Oct 2008