American Gangster is highly entertaining and extraordinarily acted, which, unfortunately isn’t enough to make this movie an all-time-great. The scope of the story is too broad to put into one movie, even one two hours and thirty seven minutes long. Frank Lucas’ story could easily and successfully be made as a trilogy: The Rise, The Fall, The Redemption.
I think your rating system is off. This deserves 3 stars. I agree with your description but not your star assessment.
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