American Gangster

Despite Crowe’s sterling efforts, (...) this is Washington’s show. Channelling some of the intensity and aggression he brought to Training Day...

Et interessant indblik i 70’ernes Harlem, og et endnu mere imponerende indblik i én af det seneste århundredes største narkobaroners liv.

It is about an extraordinary entrepreneur whose story was told in a New York magazine article by Mark Jacobson.

Washington stands out; he's charming, intense, and charismatic as ever, and his inevitable direct confrontation with Crowe is appropriately breathless...

...does a crackerjack job at nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days...