One of the best films of 2007!

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2007)

I'm not a huge fan of gangster flicks. Although I did enjoy watching the film Goodfellas, I must say I liked The Godfather but didn't like it as much as everyone else. But their was something about American Gangster that really caught my eye when working at my job at a movie theatre and as soon as I went inside to watch the movie, was I ever right. Denzel Washington is brilliant in this movie about gangster Frank Lucas' rise to power with Russel Crowe as the cop trying to hunt him down. The 2007 line up of movies has lately been disappointing me because some films (like this one) are great, but others (and a lot of them) are only half-decent or just bad (Hostel Part II). Nevertheless, if you're dying to see a good movie in theatres right now, look no further than American Gangster. I promise you right now you won't be disappointed.