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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025193228024 Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment MPN: 61032280 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 19, 2008 Running Time: 174 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond Maxim.System Requirements:Running Time: 174 minutes Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: NR UPC: 025193228024 Manufacturer No: 61032280 Amazon.com: Ridley Scott puts on his "sweeping saga" gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas's somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a more interesting character than Lucas--too honest for his own good, unlucky in his personal life--and this kind of character, easily patronized by others, fits Crowe like a polyester shirt. Scott's tendency to hit his points square on the noggin is much in evidence here, including the typecasting of the supporting roles and the predictable Serpico atmosphere of the whole thing. (And speaking of supporting actors, the film needs more Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role as a Lucas sidekick feels cut down.) It succeeds as a kind of chewy entertainment, fueled by the presence of two big stars working their muscles. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. --Robert Horton Beyond American Gangster on DVD
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 Rating:  - engrossing story of corruption and gangster entrepreneurshipAs I was warned that there is "nothing new" about this film, I was unsure if it was worth it. To be sure, the story is pretty run-of-the-mill: after a long apprenticeship with a Harlem manipulator, a young hustler figures out a new way to get pure heroin into the country. He then runs it like a business, establishing a superior brand and building an empire. Meanwhile, a cop focuses on him, and you can guess the rest. What made this a fabulous experience was the acting: Washington ... Read More Rating: - Bought a DVDSpeedy delivery from the USA to Europe. Happy both with the product and the speed. To be recommended Rating: - Don't mess with DenzelGreat gangster movie. A nice departure from usual organized crime films about italian families or the modern day rap star gang bangers. Denzel Washington is a fabulous actor. He consumes the leading role of Frank Lucas, a man from Carolina that is tutored under a crime boss in Harlem for 15 years. After his mentor passes away, he fights to maintain the "kingdom" that was established. He revolutionizes the way that his "type" of business is conducted. Being a true story, I'm glad they didn't only glamourize ... Read More Rating: - Very good, but not greatVery strong acting and directing. But this movie is way too long and it lacks that extra something that makes a film great. So I highly recommend it, but don't expect a film that compares with The Godfather, Godfather II, or Good Fellas. Rating: - American Progress during Vietnam WarFilm based on the real character, black gangster from NYC area who was distributing Blue Magic drug in late 60s and early 70s. It is a story of a man driven to succeed in the only trade he knew, at any price. He uses Italian Mafia tactics and employs his immediate family and cousins to help him with distribution. The genius of his channel distribution is that he has arranged for drug delivery via MP transport between military bases on the US east coast and Vietnam where the war was fought. As he pushes ... Read More |
