Very good, plain and simple.

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2015)

After watching this film I felt utterly amazed. Indeed its quite a wonderful film with a beautiful cast, truthfully portraying their characters, and a simple narration, a smooth transition of the plot. There wasn't anything special about the directing style but it still made the film very understandable.
In this three hour movie Denzel Washington portrays an American drug dealer who rises into prominence during the late sixties and early seventies, what's unique about this character is the fact that he was a gangster of African American descent, something that was extremely rare back in those days, or was it? Based on a true story this film manages to impress viewers with good dialog and good acting especially from Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
The movie delivers a clear message, no matter how bad-ass you are and no matter how careful you are, getting into the drug business is a bad idea, especially when underpaid honest cops are around. All Jokes aside, this movie is really good and its message can be interpreted in many ways, from a socio-political perspective or an anti-crime one to perhaps even a business ethics perspective, its up to you.
Artistically this movie is great like I've stated before and I believe it deserves a 9\10