AMERICAN
GANGSTER (2007)
Language- English (United
States)
Genre - Crime, Drama
Director -
Ridley Scott
*ing -
Denzel Washington (Frank Lucas), Russsell Crowe (Richie)
PLOT
Frank Lucas is the right-hand
person of Harlem crime lord Bumpy, he considered bumpy as his godfather and
does many work for him. When Bumpy dies of a heart attack, he finds himself
unemployed. So he decided to find a new way of living from the recent trend in
American soldiers who were fighting in Vietnam, the use of drugs. He buys pure
quality of heroin directly from the suppliers in the Thai forest (cut the suppliers were the main teaching of bumpy) and smuggled
into U.S soil through returning Vietnam war service-men. He sells it under the
name blue magic, through this new business Frank became the next bumpy of
Harlem and blue magic become more prominent among all age groups due to its quality and low price. Richie, an undercover cop is appointed by captain Lou Tobeck with a
mission to eliminate this new virus Blue Magic from America. Richie starts his
investigation while the time Lucas is spreading his empire by recruiting his
five brothers.
Ridley Scott, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe these three names is
enough to watch a movie without knowing anything about that. American Gangster
is based on the true story of Frank Lucas, an unknown crime lord who is far
beyond than the Italian Mafia during that time. It is undoubtfully one of the
best gangster movie in the world, it’s a clear example of Scott’s craft as he
was able to recreate the 60’s perfectly. Both Denzel and Russell were best in
their roles. It will be in the class list after some years. But still there is
an outcry that this movie is just "one percent reality and ninety-nine
percent Hollywood” from the real story.
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