Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
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 |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry A subverted American dream. | 15 | |
Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan Re-creates the myths. | 10 | |
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden This less than sublime film has little more to offer. | 13 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman A thoroughly entertaining yarn. | 16 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge An engrossing and exciting movie. | 10 | |
24.com Gugu Mkhabela A hardcore and gripping biopic depicting the rise and fall of heroin kingpin, Frank Lucas. | 15 | |
BBC Stella Papamichael A guaranteed shot of pure heart-pumping entertainment. | 15 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is an engrossing story, told smoothly and well. | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 1 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli American Gangster is compelling in the same way that many mob-related motion pictures are compelling, but it fails to achieve the greatness that the best of them attain. | 15 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers | 18 | |
ScreenIt It's good, but I was expecting great or at least something different. | 13 | |
Metacritic.com 38 critics | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 178 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 30260 Netizens A true gangster epic. | 17 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 |