Official Website MPAA Rating: R Theater Release: 11/2/2007 Video Release: 2/19/2008 Buy it from Amazon: DVDVHS
Everyone Wants To Be a Gangster - By Jeffrey Chen Perhaps it's all too fitting that the latest chronicle of a crime lord's rise and fall be called simply American Gangster. The title reflects both the solid simplicity of its premise as well as its cultural tradition. The gangster/crime epic has been an American staple... MORE >>
Impure Magic in Thug's Tale - By John P. McCarthy America has a long tradition of compelling real-life criminals and a long line of exceptional movies about them. Heroin kingpin Frank Lucas may qualify but AmericanGangster can't be added to the list. Too low-key to seize hold of the imagination, Ridley Scott's... MORE >>
An American Godfather - By Frank Wilkins What appealed most to fans of the wildly popular HBO series, The Sopranos, is the same pulse that fuels Ridley Scott's new action/drama American Gangster. We love seeing the creep of structure and civility into the fringe aspects of society -- the criminal underworld.... MORE >>
