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Article: FILM REVIEW: 'American Gangster' a gripping film
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- November 5, 2007
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John Berkowitz
University Wire
11-05-2007
(Cornell Daily Sun) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Finally, the most anticipated film since summer has arrived. Ridley Scott's masterfully crafted crime-drama American Gangster lives up to the hype that has been buzzing around this film. Denzel Washington stars as Frank Lucas, the illustrious and shrewd Harlem heroin kingpin of the late 1960's-early 70's. He is juxtaposed with Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), a good willed New Jersey cop bundled with the righteousness of Serpico within.
Based on a true story, American Gangster unfolds as two parallel stories which are ultimately on a collision course. As the movie is lengthy, patience is required on the ...
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