Hope denzel and russell work together again. American gangster is one of my fave movies.

It's Hollywood cheese. Very stagey, phony tough guy movie that never lets you forget that you are watching Denzel Washington trying to win an Oscar. I gave up at the 1 hour mark. but then I am not a fan of Hollywood movies in general, especially these big budget, showy movies with huge mainstream stars. You might like it, and most people did. If you want to see a realistic urban crime film, check out the movie "Trick Baby" from 1972. It's the real thing.
Fabio Testi is GOD

Really great movie. Even kept my attention all through.

You'd love it. Great story, and most importantly, very proper. No nonsense like "'bro' is black" or "'bro' is white" slang here. In fact they say it's Italian, because the only character who use it are mobsters. Proper movie

There are many better gangster movies out there. This was probably one of the worst I've seen. Two many characters with too little development.

It's pretty good! The cast is great and the direction is amazing!

Not trying to throw shade cuz i really wanted to like this, but i thought it played more like a tv movie.
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The acting is pretty good and the run time is appropriate so it's totally worth the watch.

I did not care for it. It's also based on a story that, by most dependable accounts, is 90% BS

Great movie and better acting I watch it at least three or four times a year!

It's rousing how well made this movie is. Ridley Scott at the top of his game, great script, all-star cast, you can't wish for more.
Top 4

1. Raging Bull
2. Mononoke Hime
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Pan's Labyrinth

Personaly it's my all time favorite Gangster movie.
No, it doesn't get slow.
Just to give a factual example: "There were 360 scenes filmed in over 180 different locations."
And whne you see it, you'll see.
I loooved it. I saw it many times.
Now, I have a 17 nephew, and I showed her "goodfellas", "Godfahter" and "Amercian Gangster"
She likes "goodfellas"
She thought the GODFATHER was boring..
as for American Gangster, she like it very much, but was dissapointed there wasn't as much Violence as "goodfellas". That's the only thing.
It's violent, btw.
But it's more about the Story.
I highly advise it.

I love slow-paced long films and gangster movies but for some reason, I couldn't really get into American Gangster. It's unnecessarily long without enough character developement and relationships. It's easy to lose interest and get distracted from time to time, the story doesn't give you enough to justify it's length and slow pace.
American Gangster is not a bad movie, just aims too high without having the potential for it. It tries hard to be like The Godfather; unfortunantly it doesn't work.

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I think I saw this in the theaters. But just watched the extended DVD cut with 19 more minutes. Its one of those real stories that takes time to build up to the big finale.
FWIW: you have direction, an all star cast and compelling characters to watch. The cop who became a lawyer and prosecuted his own case, how f'ing cool is that.
Another way to look at it it's very comparable to Scarface from 1983. Another great director and cast. Although there's more of a happier ending to the drug kingpin here.

The music, sound, visuals, all screamed class.
It's frickin Ridley Scott

I saw this in the theater, and I was completely sucked in. The music, sound, visuals, all screamed class. And it's frickin Denzel Washington.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.

denzel washington stinks the joint out.plays himself in ALL movies

it's a long and articulated story, the runtime is absolutely necessary.
but there's no bombastic action, shaky cam scenes or epileptic editing. It's an adult movie, made for adults and not 15 years old with the attention span of a cockroach

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