Excellent.

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2009)

American Gangster is a brilliantly made film. In my opinion, it deserves to be on the top 250. There are a dozen good performances in this film. It should've been nominated for more things. Denzel Washington is the best performance in this film. Also, Josh Brolin does a good job and so does Russel Crowe.
Denzel Washington plays Frank Lucas, a Harlem drug lord. Ridley Scott does an excellent job at making this film. These gangster films are just great. In 2006, we had The Departed and that won best picture. I didn't exactly like American gangster as much as The Departed, but it is still fantastic. American gangster was one of the best films of 2007. Well, clearly it's that good, so I give it a big thumbs up, as you could probably tell. I loved this film. I have only seen it once, but every time I am in a store, I consider buying it. I can't wait to see this film again. It's brutal, well made, and a great, great, great, success.
American Gangster:****/****