It's crazy how much I love this film. Defiantly one of the best.

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2011)

American Gangster is based in 1970s America. A detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East. I saw this film hanging around and I was like "I might as well". That is probably one of the best choices I have ever made. The acting was magnificent from Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe to Chiwetel Ejiofor (the guy from 2012. Yeah, we'll forgive him) and Ruby Dee. I loved the conflict between both Denzel Wahington's character and Russell Crowe's character because it is so unique in the way they interact with each other even though they are on separate sides of the law. Denzel' Washington's character was my favorite. He is a genius and he is one of those characters that doesn't really like what he is doing but does it to better his family. I makes it hard to think he is a bad guy even though he is a bad guy. When you like the bad guy, you know you've done a good job (Heath Ledger's joker, Geoffery Rush's Captain Barbosa, Tom Cruise's Vincent in Collateral). Now, because it is a gangster film, naturally, you compare it to other gangster film's and I defiantly it is one of the best because of it's presence, writing, acting and Ridley Scott's amazing directing. To be honest, I found it more entertaining then The Godfather. That's right I said it. The music as well is brilliant. It makes it easier to immerse yourself into the era. Loved every second of it.