This past weekend, I didn't check out the Bee Movie nor the other Santa Claus movie. Nope not these. I checked out American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and It was just as real as Scarface. Matter of fact, it was in my opinion, was one of the "realist" movies that came out in a while since New Jack City. In a nutshell, American Gangster is based on how Frank Lucas rose to power as one of Harlem's toughest kingpins between the late 1960's to the 1970's. He utilized the shipment of drugs from southeast Asia in place of caskets that containing American Soldiers from the Vietnam War, to distribute in his turf. He got away with for a least a decade, but likewise, there was trails of decet, treachory, anarchy, and of adding patterns of finding out who is the head distributor of bringing down the bosses and also the police officers whom seem to be working behind the scenes in order to capture Lucas.
Just as in real life, Frank Lucas did utilized his hustle and grasp his influence of power on his brothers, and nephew (played by Rap Artist T.I.) Other rap artists guest star on the movie: Common plays one of the Lucas' brothers, and RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan,who played as one of the police officers. But Frank's lifestyle of glamour and power had an negative effect on his Puerto Rican wife, and mother towards the end. He did serve his prison sentences, had been arrested for his off-shore bank accounts, and etc. Eventually after Officer Ritchie Roberts leads the assist of locking up Frank Lucas, he lighthens his sentence up until 1991.
Overall, American Gangster is a powerful movie. And I do mean powerful! If you are a fan of Scarface, New Jack City, The Godfather, and other mobster/crime drama movies, then I highly you should checkout American Gangster. It will have you thinking one way, and another. My grade: A+
Check out the trailer of American Gangster on the net. If you are a fan of soundtracks, check out the American Gangster Soundtrack on DefJam.com. Plus, Jay-Z has his album of American Gangster coming out on November 6th.
BTW- when I was previewing the other movies, Rambo comes back in January! Be on the lookout for that! Yes. You read it right. Rambo comes back around January 25th, 2008!
