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New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
LIKE “The Godfather" and other genre classics, Ridley Scott's epic “American Gangster" focuses on the bigger picture - how a drug epidemic and police corruption brought the Big Apple to its knees in the early 1970s....read the complete American Gangster (2007) review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
A heck of a ride, and the most irresistible gangster epic in ages....read the complete American Gangster (2007) review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
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Based on early 1970s heroin kingpin Frank Lucas (Washington, Deja Vu), American Gangster is a typical gangster film in that it depicts the rise and fall of a criminal who made it to the pinnacle of his chosen "profession" and what it took to stay on top...read the complete American Gangster (2007) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Not only is American Gangster dumb as a rock, but it's also far too convinced of its import to be any fun....read the complete American Gangster (2007) review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
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by ryan on February 18, 2009 Ogden, Utah
American Gangster was really good to me because it had a great plot too it along with great actors to fill the role. It's about a drug dealer that wants to make it big just like any other and actually does make it big and it shows how it can work ...

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American Gangster (2007) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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American Gangster (2007) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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