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Jolie
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A solid Gangster movie but could have been done in 2 hours
4 star rating

first in line on opening weekend
Pros

    Based on true story, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington

Cons
    A little too long, A couple of subplots were unnecessary, left some of the story unfinished

JAN
18
2008

American Gangster — 

Who doesnt like Denzel? He was great in the movie -- awesome character development-- but the movie was a little long for my taste. Oh, and I love the fact that American Gangster was based on a true story....

Last edited on Jan 18, 2008



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iluvmonk wrote on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:42PM

your review is exactly what i would say. it was a good movie overall, but a bit too long. i think they tried to add in too many stories from the real life story, but it ended up making it confusing. a little more whittling would have improved it.
to LadyMagic--it was not really bloody.

LadyMagic wrote on Feb 2, 2008 at 1:26PM

Was it bloody or gory? I like the old black and white gangster movies (without the gory stuff).

MikeMaroon wrote on Jan 25, 2008 at 6:50PM

Another one I have to see..

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