Not terrible. It wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be, but I still liked it. "We Own The Night" was better. I recall a lot of people comparing the two films.

Un ottimo film con un cast di alto livello ed un regista che non ha bisogno di presentazioni. Interessante la storia, considerando che la trama è basata su fatti realmente accaduti. Da non perdere anche se, a mio parere, non tra i migliori film di D... (read more) Un ottimo film con un cast di alto livello ed un regista che non ha bisogno di presentazioni. Interessante la storia, considerando che la trama è basata su fatti realmente accaduti. Da non perdere anche se, a mio parere, non tra i migliori film di Denzel.

Well put together movie but I wasn't very interested.

Ridley and Denzel a match made in heaven

Focuses way too much on the villain and completely forgot the hero. He was about as despicable as the villain leaving us with absolutely no one to root for

I liked the story. The acting is rock solid, which is good, because the script leaves the two leads rather two dimensional. Hint: if you're making a story about bad guy, we're really not going to be interested in the cop, i.e. I didn't care about ... (read more) I liked the story. The acting is rock solid, which is good, because the script leaves the two leads rather two dimensional. Hint: if you're making a story about bad guy, we're really not going to be interested in the cop, i.e. I didn't care about the divorce. There were some extraneous scenes.

It does raise some interesting questions. E.g. Mom admits that she didn't want to know where the money came from. Why the sudden change of heart? I mean, how do you go to church if you know at some level that the money is dirty?

Most important message the movie teaches us: Do not shoot a shotgun at a steel reinforced door.

This is a good, not great movie that certainly benefits from having Denzel and Russell Crowe in it. I found the second half to be more interesting than the first half, when the two main characters are getting closer to each other. I did find the en... (read more) This is a good, not great movie that certainly benefits from having Denzel and Russell Crowe in it. I found the second half to be more interesting than the first half, when the two main characters are getting closer to each other. I did find the ending a bit unsatisfying though. There is a lot to like here but it just didn't grab me enough to be considered one of the better movies of 2007.

As an entertaining cops-and-crook procedural -- it's not half-bad, jacked up by strong performances, a couple of bravura action scenes and a generous attention to period detail.

The movie, based on a true story, takes surprising twists and turns right up to its chilling ending and is probably the best gangster crime drama of the year.

As a piece of storytelling -- built on the foundation of a great story -- it's an epic that's been sliced and diced into so many little morsels that almost nothing in it has any weight.

American Gangster's simultaneous celebration of crime, punishment and upward mobility should be titled Cry Capitalism. That's the code of the new Western.

Call it the black Scarface or the Harlem Godfather or just one hell of an exciting movie, but the fact-based, 1970s-era American Gangster is already looking like a major awards contender.