An entertaining movie, but not a great movie

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2007)

Top points for acting, directing and production, Russell Crowe was very good and portrayed his character very well, although agreed with other comments that the additional character building scenes with his wife and son were not required. Denzel Washington was good, but as with Denzel, I find that his acting is very much the same in every movie I've watched with him, although I do like his style so it worked well for me. In my opinion, I found that his style of acting for this character was identical to when he played the boxer in "The Hurricane".
However, I worked out the storyline within 10 minutes of the film, but even so, the way it was done kept you interested in how the story would unfold which I found interesting, As films go, its entertaining, definitely worth watching, its not a great film, but it is good! However, I will have to read up on Frank Lucas to see how close the story came to telling the truth.