The Crowe and The Washington rule in this great Scott American Classic!

Rating: Null/10 (11 October 2008)

Frank Lucas was a real true to form American Gangster. Detective Robbie Roberts was a real true to form American Cop-Master. The true story of the grueling process on the evolution, execution, and resolution on how Roberts pinned Lucas is revealed in the masterful Director Ridley Scott film "American Gangster". Denzel Washington stars as Lucas, a 1970's black American Kingpin who builds a drug empire by smuggling heroin in coffins of dead soldiers from the Far East. Russell Crowe also stars as Roberts, the righteous lawful detective who heads up an undercover-angel law enforcement team whose master plan is to be "frank", nail Frank! The great Scott masterfully orchestrates the film as a two-sided good cop/bad gangster symphony; you got Lucas up-rise to gangster notoriety as one story and Mister Roberts passionate determinative quest to nail the American Gangster in the other. Crowe and Washington do not even share screen time together until the film's final chapter. Though this is ultimately a cerebral tale of a cat-and-mouse chase of a law-biding cop's mission to nail down an egoistic hoodlum, the film's major theme that is investigated is police corruption. Crowe and Washington were, not surprisingly, brilliant as Lucas and Roberts. The supporting acting gang of "American Gangster" also did show their true good enforcement acting colors: Josh Brolin was wickedly conniving as crooked Detective Trupo, Chiwetel Ejiofor was a hoot as Frank's brother Huey Lucas, Ruby Dee was divine as Mama Lucas, and Cuba Gooding Jr. still showed us the acting as Kingpin competitor Nicky Barnes. Screenplay extraordinaire Steven Zaillian penned a gangbuster striking scribe for "American Gangster". But my Great Scott, in the end, American Gangster's main hero was Director Ridley "Believe it or Not"! Don't be afraid of the "American Gangster", seize it today! ***** Excellent