American Gangster [Blu-ray]
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Product Description
When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multimillion-dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. Armed with ruthless tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story.
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. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. 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. 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. Running parallel to Lucas's somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). --Robert Horton Stills from American Gangster (Click for larger image) (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. 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.
Product Info
- Actor
- Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kevin Corrigan, Josh Brolin, Ruby Dee
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- Blu-ray
- Brand
- UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
- Department
- DVD
- EAN
- 0025195045681
- EAN List
- EANListElement: 0025195045681
- Format
- AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Label
- Universal Studios
- Manufacturer
- Universal Studios
- MPN
- MCABR61105472
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- MCABR61105472
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- Universal Studios
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2011-09-25
- Running Time
- 157
- SKU
- E_DVD_0025195045681
- Studio
- Universal Studios
- Title
- American Gangster [Blu-ray]
- UPC
- 025195045681
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 025195045681
- ASIN
- B001EIOOVS
- Sales Rank
- 14510
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