American Gangster
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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Credits
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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Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore 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
Ratings
Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Zane Henry 15
Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg 15
Cape Times Kenneth Turan 10
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden 13
The Citizen Peter Feldman 16
Sunday Times Barry Ronge 10
24.com Gugu Mkhabela 15
International Media BBC (UK) Stella Papamichael 15
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 20
eye Weekly (Canada) Jason Anderson 1
ReelViews (USA) James Berardinelli 15
Rolling Stone (US) Peter Travers 18
ScreenIt (USA) 13
Metacritic.com 38 critics 15
RottenTomatoes.com 178 critics 14
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 16
Internet (IMDB) 30260 Netizens 17
Average .. 70% 14
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