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Overall Rank: |
349 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.97/4 |
# of Ratings: |
190 |
Genres: |
Crime, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
DVD Release: |
02/19/2008 |
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Director: |
Ridley Scott |
Actors: |
Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Josh Brolin
Carla Gugino |
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Based on a true story about a gangster who smuggles in drugs in the coffins of dead Vietnam soldiers while a detective tries to track him down.
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Nick 10/05/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
This movie takes a while to warm up, but by the end it is a pretty descent film, definitely worth seeing. |
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Chris aka Tarkin 11/02/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
This is not be be-all, end-all of crime & drug films, but it is a good movie. I like the way it shows all sides : gangster, family man, dirty cops, good cops - it raises a lot of questions about right and wrong and leaves you to decide. |
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10/27/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Pretentious film. |
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Nice movie. Nice story. Nothing great happends, except a couple of scenes where DW wants to deliver an Al Pacino scene yelling and getting cranky. He doesn't, but firstly because of the lack of heart and passion in this movie. Sadly to say, The Scott's bros. are starting to look more like each other. And sadly, is not happening that the worst is looking like the best. Oh well... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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10/17/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Not bad.. Just not the Masterpiece it could be. |
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American Gangster seemingly has all the ingredients of a great movie: a great story, (multiple) Oscar-winning stars, a very solid supporting cast, and a good director. However, the film is not the sum of its parts. How do you go wrong with a gangster movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and Ridley Scott directing? Watch American Gangster, and you'll see. The film lacks a great deal of character development, and it seems the details on both sides of the story are left out in favor of attention-grabbing scenes and montages. You have to give them credit. Even at 2 1/2 hours, American Gangster never drags. However, it seems awfully abbreviated, as if someone cut out most of the scenes that involved plot/ character development. With those details included, this could have been a... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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01/21/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"My Man" |
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This was really good, but not amazing. I feel like there were some awkward gaps to due some not quite perfect editing, but still a good story. I thought 3 hours of watching this was going to be torture, but after sitting though it I think 3 hours was just right for this movie. Denzal and Crowe are two superstars and they almost never go wrong. |
Rating of
3/4 |
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