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    American Gangster

    Poster of the movie American Gangster
    2007     Criminal drama    
    USA
    2h 37min
    R
    Guide for parents: violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    AA
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.

    Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.

    Richie Roberts (Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.

    Directed byRidley Scott
    Written bySteven Zaillian
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Awards

    Starring

    Denzel Washington
    Russell Crowe
    Roger Bart
    Josh Brolin
    Common
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Carla Gugino
    John Hawkes
    Ted Levine
    Joe Morton
    Kevin Corrigan
    Jon Polito
    John Ortiz
    Idris Elba
    Norman Reedus
    T.I.
    Armand Assante
    Ruby Dee
    + MORE

    Video

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    Trailer

    9 years ago

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