![]() One day, he and his partner stumble upon nearly $1 million in illegal drug money. While Frank is setting up his operation, Richie Roberts (played by Russell Crowe), a Newark, New Jersey detective, is going to law school at night and working during the day. His packets of heroin, which he calls Blue Magic, are more pure and cheaper than the competition, the Italian Mafia. Soon, Frank is running a high quality heroin operation in Harlem. There, he and his in-law travel into the jungle to meet with the top heroin grower in Southeast Asia. After borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars, he goes to Thailand. Frank contacts his ex-wife’s cousin, a soldier who runs a bar in Bangkok, Thailand. His long-time driver and protégé, Frank Lucas (played by Denzel Washington), hears on the news that one-third of American soldiers in Vietnam are using hard drugs. An elderly black gangster in Harlem suddenly dies. ![]() The movie opens in 1968 in New York City. More Detail:ĪMERICAN GANGSTER stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in a thriller that tells a story about two men: a ruthless African American drug lord and the incorruptible narcotics cop who wants to put him behind bars. (BB, CC, LLL, VVV, SS, NN, A, DD, MM) Strong moral worldview with strong overt Christian elements about a ruthless drug lord and the incorruptible policeman seeking to put him behind bars at least 98 mostly strong obscenities and six strong profanities (all GDs) sometimes very strong somewhat graphic violence with some blood and other violence includes man in chair set on fire and then shot at least twice, other pointblank shootings and murders, a couple gunfights, man beats brother for making mistake, pools of blood form under two or more victims, and threats of violence one scene of depicted fornication, it is suggested that a policeman is somewhat of a playboy, some suggestive dancing, and implied prostitution many quick shots of upper and rear female nudity in places where women help make heroin but are forced to work naked to make sure they don’t steal anything, and implied total female nudity alcohol use smoking, heroin junkies shown shooting up several times and gangsters sell heroin but all this is mostly rebuked and, graft, corruption, attempted bribery, and gangsters are rebuked, and honest policeman is rebuked for his promiscuous lifestyle and told you can go to Hell for that too but he acknowledges the rebuke and rest of movie hints he may have taken the criticism to heart and changed his ways. There is also some strong, positive Christian content at the end that lifts the movie above other similar thrillers. The movie mostly sides, however, with the honest narcotics detective played by Russell Crowe, so it has a strong moral worldview throughout. ![]() MOVIEGUIDE® advises strong extreme caution for AMERICAN GANGSTER due to lots of strong foul language, some graphic violence, explicit nudity, and a depicted sex scene. Richie eventually targets Frank, who has become so big that the Mafia works for him instead of the other way around. When President Nixon announces his anti-drug policies, Richie is recognized for his integrity and charged with running Newark’s new special narcotics team. Meanwhile, Richie Roberts, an incorruptible Newark, New Jersey detective played by Russell Crowe, is going to law school at night and working during the day. Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, sets up an operation in Harlem selling a more pure, cheaper form of heroin than the Italian Mafia. AMERICAN GANGSTER tells a story about two men: a ruthless African American drug lord and the incorruptible narcotics cop who wants to put him behind bars.
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