Title: American Gangster
Quality: DVD SCREENER
Year: 2007

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
IMDB User Rating: 9.0/10 (627 votes)
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., T.I.

Plot: Based on the life of drug kingpin turned informant, Frank Lucas, who grew up in segregated North Carolina where he watched as his cousin was shot by the Klan for looking at a white girl. He eventually made his way to Harlem where he became a heroin kingpin by traveling to Asia´s Golden Triangle to make connections, shipping heroin back to the US in the coffins of soldiers killed in Vietnam. He soon made upwards of one million dollars a day in drug sales. Lucas was shadowed by lawman, Richie Roberts, who finally helped bring the kingpin to justice. The two then worked together to expose the crooked cops and foreign nationals who made importing heroin so easy.