American Gangster

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

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

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...