A very intense film, American Gangster is a story of a black man working the drug trade, winning out over the mob and corrupt police to become the premier supplier of heroin in New York and maybe throughout the whole country.
Played by Denzel Washington, this man (and the movie was based on a true story) was ruthless, yet wanted to keep a low profile and stay beneath the notice of others.
Straight forward in telling the story, much of the intensity stems straight from Washington, who has become as adept at playing the bad guy, as he always was at playing the good guy.
Ruby Dee was nominated for best supporting actress, but I think her role was so small that she should not have gotten the nod. She was good in her part, but I felt it was not big enough to be considered even "supporting."
Russel Crowe was solid, but not spectacular, as the incorruptible police officer who cracks the invisibility of the drug lord, and eventually brings him down.
All in all, a good film.
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