Give Ridley an Oscar now - 71 and on a mission

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2008)

What a sumptuous, intelligent, snappy, sensual movie.
I feel Ridley Scott has a great eye for beauty; and I was pulled up recently when I said he has the capacity to make violence sexy. Ooops. There are often moments when I like to think he chooses to visually seduce his audience.
This is a movie when I feel he is on fire or perhaps Sir Ridley you may laugh at this comment and think "Phew, I'm a little tired.'. Of course, the actors are there and behave impeccably (as they should)because they are the sum of things and lucky enough to have a good guiding eye.
American Gangster is a beautifully paced, gangster/cop movie which manages to slide between intimacy, peoples, locations and intense emotions, not all violent. Violent people are capable of love, loving people are capable of violence and those on the take are capable of anything. It goes on and on and on................as history repeats itself on all levels.
Its such a good experience when Ridley hits the nail on the head.