Caught this movie on the weekend... definately recommend it.

Denzel and Russell put together top notch performances, I presume one will win an award for sure... great acting, good story line, some great scenes by both actors... a little bit long but I didnt mind as much due to the fact that it was such a good flick...

Cheers

:Cheerz:

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word

for sure. both actors turn in the performance of thier lives. story is insane, acting even better and the editing, filming, etc are all tops in the bunch. this movie is a high reccomendation.

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just got out of this one. it was a bit long winded but a great film nonetheless. denzel is amazing in it and the storyline was very realistic. def recommend this

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going to see this thursday nite, cant wait for it...

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yeah this was a really good movie..anyone else think this movie kinda remined them of Blow??instead of coke it was herion

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The acting was great but I felt the having two main storylines The rise of Denzel's character and the investigation by Crowe's character left gaps in the overall movie. Either story on its own with a bit more detail would have been better.

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[quote=buckman;541460]yeah this was a really good movie..anyone else think this movie kinda remined them of Blow??instead of coke it was herion[/quote]

thats exactly what one of my friends told me as we were leaving the movie

i thought the movie was good but seeing how its pretty much a blow/scarface type flick, i dont really care to see it again. seriously though, if you like these kind of flicks then go see it but if you dont and youve seen blow, then youve already seen this movie.

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Really looking forward seeing this one. Unfortunately it's still not playing in dutch theatres :S

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Denzel is top quality man, i have liked him as an actor since he started up. He does'nt get the recognition he deserves even though he wins awards all the time. Just doesnt do enough big time films if you know what i mean.

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no i would disagree^^ he does get big films but he seems to do hit and miss i.e. bot good and shit films. He should choose scripts.. Again with this film we see Ridley Scott really does like Denzel, good film although thre are some issues to pick on but worth the watch.

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Shpira just read yer profile .. you are to deep to be 20 dude you almost sound sad ( as in unhappy ) Cheer up dude!

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:D Lol...I'm not unhappy im just highly cynical. Here a couple of smiles, happy now? :D p.s. thanks for your cocern but i won't be ending my life anytime soon.

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this is a quality film. defiantly recommend it. is around 2hrs 45min long but feels way shorter as its that good. washington and crowe are a hell of a double bill for a film. both knock out oscar nomination/winning performances. be stunned if this isnt up for a hat full.

American Gangster

This film is the finest gangster movie since Martin Scorscese's 1995 masterpiece, "Casino." This masterpiece depicts the life and events of Frank Lucas, who dominated the New York City drug trade in the late 60s, early 70s. Washington provides one of his finest performances, demonstrating remarkable range as an actor.

Russell Crowe was at his best in his depiction of Richie Roberts, the Essex County detective who led the team that brought down Lucas, all despite the rampant corruption of the time.

Then there is Josh Brolin, who depicts an ultra-corrupt New York Detective. Between this film, "No Country for Old Men", and "In the Valley of Elah", Brolin is enjoying a banner year.

Do yourself a favor: see this film.

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[url]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47774&highlight=american+gangster[/url]

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another guy with copy and paste reviews?

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^^ did a search and didn't get any result apart from this one (ms) so no...just another guy who doesn't use the search function :)

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no offense, but i didn't think it was all that good. it wasn't bad, but wasn't good either. even kind of dull at times. watch it if you've got nothing else.

and the finest since casino, would be The Departed.

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[quote=Digger;587014]another guy with copy and paste reviews?[/quote]

hahah..that was the first thing i did when i saw that was cut and paste some of it into google, no hits. except for this page itself. so it looks legit.

crazy that freaking google has this paged cached within a day of it being created. i personally bow to our new google overlords.

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caught it last night... the acting was great, the story was amazing, and the time period was captured perfectly. this thing was the shit! highly recommended

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denzel is a bad mama jama

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Anyone know if they end of this actually happened that way? I'm not much of a gangster history buff believe it or not...

Thought the movie was really good, but I felt like the ending was a bit unusual how they all of a sudden worked together... What happened to his bad ass temper at that point?

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here is more info about the real guy:

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(drug_lord[/url])

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Finally caught this on telly the other night - flippen brilliant movie - Denzel rocks and never seems to age

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Good job on the 4.5 year thread bump. :D

Reminding me of comments I've long forgotten.

Also I didn't realize back then the guy he killed at the beginning of the show in the middle of the day is Idris Elba.

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[video=youtube;cXCMz340CRg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCMz340CRg[/video]

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denzel vs stringer bell... woh