An outcast New York City cop; Richie Roberts, is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.
22 February 1981, Brussels, Belgium
21 August 1939, New York City, New York, USA
July 20, 1960 in Keokuk, Iowa, USA
4 October 1972, New York City, New York, USA
18 June 1969, East New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 March 1963, New York City, New York, USA
11 March 1978, Belleville, New Jersey, USA
10 April 1968, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
8 November 1954, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 July 1977, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
24 November 1956, Lackawanna, New York, USA
29 September 1962, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
November 03, 2012
Though it's certainly admirable to aim high, it's like Frank Lucas himself says: "Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody." Unfortunately for American Gangster, it ends up somewhere between the two.
November 14, 2007
Like much of his oeuvre, Scott's scaled-up movie is bigger than life - and lesser for it. But while never digging deeply or darkly enough to match its own grand vision of itself, slick technique drives the story forward with pace and style.
November 06, 2007
How much truth we get in the movie version is hard to say...nobody much cares if it's gospel, as long as it's riveting. Here, alas, it is not.
October 18, 2008
Ridley Scott's gangster flick aims high and mostly measures up.
November 05, 2007
For all its grit, style and atmosphere, Gangster never sweeps you away. It has neither the lurid bravado of De Palma's "Scarface" nor the intimate grasp of the criminal lifestyle you find in Scorsese or Coppola.
August 27, 2009
Flattened by Scott's cardboard evocation of New York in the '70s, Zaillian's shallow criticism of corrupting power, and weirdly bloodless performances
April 23, 2009
File this one under "American Oscar Wanna-Be."
July 07, 2010
American Gangster is an epic, true crime drama, that although not entirely original in its premise is excellent in its execution.
July 14, 2011
It's 157 minutes long, but immerses its audience with its twists and intricacies as it plays out and considers the logistics and consequences of crime and police corruption, with a plethora of show-stealing performances from the cast.
February 02, 2009
When American Gangster was announced, with actors Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, it seemed like a can't miss project. It missed.
February 03, 2008
Scott's not interested in fireworks but small implosions of the soul and ego.
November 02, 2007
Washington's steely grip on his impersonation of Frank Lucas holds the film together.
