AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007)

RIDLEY SCOTT

Thriller Drama Gangster/Mob 1970s Detectives & Private Eyes Drugs Police Biopic True Stories Violence Guns Recommended

Cast

DENZEL WASHINGTON RUSSELL CROWE CHIWETEL EJIOFOR JOSH BROLIN LYMARI NADAL TED LEVINE ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH JOHN HAWKES RZA

Plot

1970s; Harlem hood Frank Lucas has hijacked the New York heroin business by dealing directly with the Chinese growers in SE Asia and importing large amounts of the drug inside the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. However his nemesis, flamboyant, tenacious and unbribable narcotics cop Richie Roberts, is on his tail and is determined to bring him down.