Review of American Gangster (2007) by Jeff B — 06 Dec 2012

This movie reminded me of HEAT. huge build up of two of the biggest names in hollywood, and then a flop. The best part of the film was when the two were on screen together at the end. If they would have edited out about 30 minutes of the boring crap in the middle, and showed more Denzel collaboration with Crowe, the movie would have been amazing.

Instead what was left was a mediocre mob movie with Denzel with an unnecessary Good cop in a corrupt precinct side story that in retrospect could have been dropped out all together. Crowe's character was a hindrance to the development of Washington's rise to Drug Lord of NY.