Was Russell Crowe on Vacation?

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2007)

Russell Crowe has delivered many well-honed characters to us in films like 'Sum of Us', 'Mystery Alaska', 'A Beautiful Mind', and most recently '3:10 to Yuma'. By comparison, he must have taken Mondays and Fridays off during the filming of 'American Gangster', as his performance left me wanting much more.
The transformation of Frank Lucas from driver to kingpin and his relationship with his mother deserved more attention. Otherwise, it was a very well crafted genre film.
Well worth the price of admission as the smooth, slick Denzel Washington will surely entertain you.