Denzel plays himself again - let's give him an Oscar!

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2007)

Once again, Denzel plays a suave, sophisticated, cool-under-pressure hero, who only does bad to those deserving of it and is heroic. With the exception of Training Day that is what Denzel always plays.
Funny thing is that Frank Lucas (the real person) was none of those things. I've seen interviews with the now-paralyzed Lucas. He's laughs a lot, his speaking is far from smooth, he brags, he's 100% opposite to how Denzel portrayed him. The only thing done correct in this movie is that the guy was a "business man" in his drug-dealing. But hey, why change Denzel's acting to fit the character. Just change the "real life" character to fit Denzel! Also, Billy Martin was not yet managing the Yankees in 1973 as Denzel's character indicated in the movie. And I though Denzel was such a Yankee's fan. Maybe he should have notified the producers of this error instead of just reading the erroneous line.