YOUNG JEFFRY

MOVIE PICK OF THE WEEK -"AMERICAN GANGSTER"WOO WEE IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR MOVIES AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER! I FELT LIKE A KID ON CHRISTMAS WALKIN OUT THE THEATRE AFTER THIS ONE BECAUSE I JUST LOVED THIS MOVIE. THE BEST CRIME DRAMA I'VE SEEN SINCE "CASINO". "A.G." IS THE STORY OF FRANK LUCAS (DENZEL WASHINGTON'S BEST PERFORMANCE SINCE "TRAINING DAY") WHO STARTED OUT AS BUMPY JOHNSON'S COLLECTOR AND DRIVER. AFTER BUMPY DIES SUDDENLY FRANK TAKES EVERYTHING HE LEARNED FROM HIM AND MAKES A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY BECOMING HARLEM'S MOST NOTORIOUS HEROIN DISTRIBUTOR CIRCA LATE SIXTIES TO THE MID SEVENTIES. HIS BUSINESS SOARS OVER THE MAFIA AND OTHER DRUG RINGS BY FRANK CUTTING OUT THE MIDDLE MAN, GOING TO BANGKOK PERSONALLY, BUYING PURE HEROIN, AND SELLIN IT ON THE STREET CHEAPER THAN THE COMPETITION. GENIOUS RIGHT? HOW HE GETS THE SHIPMENTS OF DRUGS FROM BANGKOK TO THE U.S. IS EVEN MORE GENIOUS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THAT IN MY MOVIE SUMMARY. THE OTHER THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THE IN DETAIL POLICE WORK OF RICHIE ROBERTS (RUSSELL CROWE IN ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE) AND HIS TEAM'S INVESTIGATION OF FRANK LUCAS. ROBERTS' IS A GOOD AND HONEST COP THOUGH IT SEEMS EVERYTHING ELSE IN HIS LIFE COULD BE BETTER (I WON'T GET INTO WHAT IN PERTICULAR) BUT THE MOVIE MAKES HIS CHARACTER JUST AS INTERESTING AS LUCAS'S. THIS IS A GRIPPING CRIME DRAMA THAT GRABS YOU AND DOESN'T LET YOU GO TILL THE CREDITS ARE ROLLING. IT IS A BIT LENGTHY RUNNING AT 2 HOURS AND 37 MINUTES, BUT IT IS NEVER BORING. ALSO WANNA POINT OUT GREAT SUPPORTING ROLES FROM CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, COMMON, T.I., JOSH BROLIN, RZA, AND JOHN HAWKES. 4 STARS. TWO BIG THUMBS UP! AN INSTANT AMERICAN CLASSICfound this plain layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments