Entertaining but could be much better (But not by much!!!!!!!!!!!)

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2008)

American Gangster. Directed by legend Ridley Scott and starring heavyweights & Oscar winners Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe. A great film of 2007 based on a true story of drug kingpin Frank Lucas who smuggled drugs into America in dead soldiers coffins.
Two vintage performances from the leads and a good supporting cast of Ruby Dee, Cuba Gooding Jr and a great Josh Brolin.
Good return to form by Ridley Scott after the lukewarm Kingdom of Heaven. Washington should have had an Oscar nomination as well as Crowe at a push.
8/10.