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starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal directed by: Ridley Scott See Larger Image List Price: $29.98 Our Price: $14.99 You Save: $14.99 (50%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $3.70 Third Party New Price: $6.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 0025193228024 Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 19, 2008 Running Time: 174 minutes Sales Rank: 633 Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Related Items: Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition) No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) Gone Baby Gone see more Editorial Review: Description: Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is 'a brutal and brilliant film' (Pete Hammond, Maxim) Amazon.com: Ridley Scott puts on his 'sweeping saga' gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas's somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a more interesting character than Lucas--too honest for his own good, unlucky in his personal life--and this kind of character, easily patronized by others, fits Crowe like a polyester shirt. Scott's tendency to hit his points square on the noggin is much in evidence here, including the typecasting of the supporting roles and the predictable Serpico atmosphere of the whole thing. (And speaking of supporting actors, the film needs more Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role as a Lucas sidekick feels cut down.) It succeeds as a kind of chewy entertainment, fueled by the presence of two big stars working their muscles. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. --Robert Horton Beyond American Gangster on DVD Great Crime and Gangster Films More from Denzel Washington More from Russell Crowe Stills from American Gangster (Click for larger image) Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - American Gangster... The positive reviews' already written says it all. The scene where Denzel's Lucas burns the $50,000 Chinchilla coat said it all for me. See what happen's when you show off? You draw unwanted attention to yourself! Lucas was on top of the world and still ended up in jail, his family in ruins. Great film (and object lesson) for the interested. I rate this movie: 5 stars! Rating: - Gritty Gangster Epic Ridley Scott's American Gangster is a gritty portrait of the New York drug underworld in the early 1970's. With great performances by both DenzelWashington as drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as cop Richie Roberts the film takes on both the gangster lifestyle and the currupt police problem of New York. The film has all the earmarks of an epic. The story written by Steve Zaillian, while a bit long at times, effectively portrays life on the streets at the time period. The camara ... Read More Rating: - HARLEM + HEROIN + TWO FAMOUS STARS. Does it equal an Academy Award? American Gangster (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition) GANGSTER MOVIES COME IN VIVID SPURTS, like machine - gun fire. In the early '30s, hard guys like James Cagney, Paul Muni and Edward G.Robinson paraded the sick dazzle of Prohibition - era thugs. Forty years later the Corleones ruled, but on the margins were the subgenera of African Americans gangster films: SUPERFLY, BLACK CAESAR and their bloody kin. Beneath the violent fantasies of these films was a historical fact: African American mobsters ... Read More Rating: - Pretty good movie, great acting This movie was pretty good, I am not a huge fan of gangster themed movies but I got it because Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe were in it and they always are great to watch. It's a good plot, it is based on a true-story which I really liked. What I enjoyed most were the special features which show the viewer the real story that inspired the movie. If you like crime dramas, or dramas in general than you will most likely enjoy this movie. It is a little on the long side but it's worth the time. Rating: - Two Great Actors Elevate This Scarface-Like Story The best thing this movie had going for it - which is no surprise - is the acting duo of Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. How many bad movies do you see with either of those guys starring in them? Not many, and neither actor disappoints here. Both play fascinating guys, Washington, a big gangster ("Frank Lucas") and Crowe, an honest cop ("Richie Roberts") This movie reminded me a lot of the '83 "Scarface" film in which Tony Montana (Al Pacino) rises from the bottom up to be a big drug ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Action & Adventure - Genres - DVD - Video - General Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - General Crime - Mystery & Suspense - Genres - DVD - Video - General AAS The Movies & TV Black Friday Sale Anime