I was lucky that my Professor of Microeconomics actually gave us some sample test questions for the midterm. When I heard of this, I figured there were five or six questions awaiting us. Lo and behold, there were 40 pages of study material! I was impressed and I definitely hit the books a little after coming back home from the cottage.
However, lack of sleep got the best of me and I found myself waking up from a four hour nap when the sun was starting to go down. After making some dinner and reviewing some study questions, I settled in with a Ridley Scott film; American Gangster starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. It deals with Frank Lucas who was a gangster in New York back in the late 60s and deals with his rise to power.
It was a decent film and it surprisingly held me interest at 9PM. It was quite long and a little drawn out. I was talking to some people at lunch who said they’ve tried to watch the entire film and just were uninterested. I enjoyed it, but it definitely is no Godfather film. If you have 2.5 hours to spend watching a slow moving film with some great acting and a good ‘based on a true story’ story, then check out American Gangster!
Also, if you think it’s your typical gangster film with a lot of violence, it is not. It’s very story based.
4 replies on “Review: American Gangster”
I didn’t mind American Gangster, but I took a break half way through.
A thinking man’s gangster movie! Yes, i had to take a break during the movie. The extended version is almost three hours!I’ll pass on that one
I watched the extended version.
also, there was some gaps on the story…if you look at the wikipedia article on Frank Lucas, you will see that he went to jail at least once more after the events of the movie.
I was wondering about that! Danielle made a comment about what happened to him after jail. so what did he end up doing after the second stint in jail?