American Gangster is about the life of Frank Lucas building up a drug business on his own while Richie Roberts, a detective, is trying to stop him.

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2007)

Well, I did not like the movie that much, because the story wasn't quite creative. There are other movies almost similar to American Gangster. The introduction of the two main characters was far too long. It would have been better to connect the actions of Frank and Richie more effectively in the beginning of the movie rather than in the middle of it. What was great though was the choice of the musical underlining, the camera perspectives and most important the acting itself. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe developed their characters very good during the movie and it was great watching them hunt each other. The ending was a really good one, too. Everything was solved. There were no questions left AND I thought playing "Amazing Grace" was a kick. They couldn't have chosen a better song to show the irony in the game they all played.