Enjoyed it A LOT

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2010)

American gangster is close to 3 hours which is pretty long, but if you're going to make a movie that long it should be worth the time. I am glad to tell you that this movie is defiantly not a waste of time. The movie begins with Frank Lucas doing the dirty work for his boss and father figure called Bumpy. With the beginning starting like that we are thrown straight into the gangster world of Harlem. What I liked about this movie was that it gets us into the story nice and quickly. Fast pace of the movie slows down and then fast again, it's a bit like a roller-coaster. The movie shows the lives of 2 main characters who are Richie and Frank. Richie is a cop and Frank is the crook simple, but the FILM makes it very different and exciting. I have to say the acting was perfect and the script was well written. American gangster could be one of the best Gangster movie of all time, in my opinion I enjoyed it more than The Godfather and that's only MY OPINION! The only problem I had with the movie was that it should have shown Franks early life as a young child growing up. I think that's the only thing I did not like about this movie, other than that this movie was really good and you guys really should go pick it up. If your into gangster movies then it's a MUST SEE!