American Gangster
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This is the story of Frank Lucas, a young black man who came to New York in the 1970s. He was driver for a drug dealer. When his boss died, he took over the business, and then cut out the middlemen mafia by buying direct from the far East. His superior product and lower prices soon made him king of the streets. Unfortunately, around the same time, an honest cop took an interest in his activities, eventually leading to his downfall.
157 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence)
Crime, Drama.
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| Cast | Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, RZA, Ted Levine, Ruby Dee, Armand Assante, Carla Gugino |
| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Screenplay | Steven Zaillian, from the article by Mark Jacobson |
| Music | Marc Streitenfeld |
| Cinematography | Harris Savides |
| Editing | Pietro Scalia |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions |
| SA Distributor | UIP |
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| Jump Scenes | Tense Family Scenes | Music (Scary/Tense) | Music (Inappropriate) | Topics to talk about |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 | |
| South African Media | ||
Cape Argus/The StarZane Henry  | 15 | |
| Die BurgerJacques Liebenberg | 15 | |
| Cape TimesKenneth Turan | 10 | |
| iAfrica.comNils van der Linden | 13 | |
| The CitizenPeter Feldman | 16 | |
| Sunday TimesBarry Ronge | 10 | |
| 24.comGugu Mkhabela | 15 | |
| International Media | ||
| BBC (UK)Stella Papamichael | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert | 20 | |
| eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson | 1 | |
| ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers | 18 | |
| ScreenIt (USA) | 13 | |
| Metacritic.com38 critics | 15 | |
| RottenTomatoes.com178 critics | 14 | |
| RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer | 16 | |
| Internet (IMDB)30260 Netizens | 17 | |
| Average .. 70% | 14 | |
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