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Article: Movie reviews: Movie reviews: DENZEL'S GANG SHOW; the razz movie reviews AMERICAN GANGSTER **** 18 Washington is back on top form in true story of drugs baron who used dead soldiers to help flood Harlem with heroin.(Features)(Movie review)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2007
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Byline: ALAN MORRISON
RUSSELL CROWE and Ridley Scott hit the jackpot with Gladiator but scored a dud with A Good Year.
Action movies suit them, whereas faffing about on French vineyards does not. Obviously the director and star have learned their lesson, because violent crime epic American Gangster has brewed up a storm at the US box office.
American Gangster is based on real-life events that span the years 1968 to 1976. This was also the period when Hollywood created some of the best crime films ever made - The Godfather, The French Connection, ...