Story Line
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
“There are two sides to the American dream.”
Top Cast
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
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Rating
7.6/ 10
Release Date
2007-11-02
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
DramaCrime
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User Reviews (4)
Andres Gomez
6/10
•7/14/2015Quite a disappointed since it is really as much as you expect, but nothing new.
Washington and Russell perform really well, so, as a characters movie, it works. It doesn't work at all as a biopic. Too much Hollywood on it.
r96sk
9/10
•8/16/2020A thoroughly entertaining 157 minutes!
<em>'American Gangster'</em> delivers in every area it needs to. Enthralling premise, immaculate music, phenomenal casting and great pacing. I was surprised slightly with how it finishes, but it's far and awa...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•9/8/2022Denzel Washington is on top-form here as he takes on the role of the unscrupulous and devious heroine importer "Lucas" in this superior crime drama. Following the death of his boss, he spots an opening in New York's drugs market which he deftly explo...
Andre Gonzales
6/10
•4/16/2023Love gangster movies. Denzel Washington's one of the best to ever do it.