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Nov 1, 2007 · Apart from the detail that he was a heroin dealer, Frank Lucas' career would be an ideal case study for a business school. "American Gangster" tells his success story. Inheriting a crime empire from his famous boss Bumpy Johnson, he cornered the New York drug trade with admirable capitalist strategies. He personally flew to Southeast Asia to buy his product directly from the suppliers, used an ...
Nov 2, 2007 · Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Mate P American Gangster is a good movie. It's interesting, it's well-paced, even though it's two and a half hours long.
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Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 24, 2020. American Gangster is a modestly flawed yet consistently entertaining crime drama. Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020. A highly ...
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American Gangster works on numerous levels. It's in part a portrait of late 60s-early 70s Harlem and America, full of drugs and desperation and weakness, where the strong rise above the rest and the cops are dirtier than the rats. As a crime thriller it's entertaining and at 2 hours 37 minutes, never loses interest.
Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster. Directed by Ridley Scott. Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. R. 2h 37m. By Manohla Dargis. Nov. 2, 2007. Greatness hovers just outside “American Gangster,” knocking, angling ...
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Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Nov 2, 2007 · Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver for one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade and floods the streets with a purer ...
