DVD : American Gangster [Blu-ray]
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] 51dbfx1LYML. SL160](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dbfx1LYML._SL160_.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025195045681
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Universal Studios
Languages:
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCABR61105472
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Running Time: 335 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Related Items:
- Michael Clayton [Blu-ray]
- No Country for Old Men [Blu-ray]
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Blu-ray]
- Gone Baby Gone [Blu-ray]
- There Will Be Blood [Blu-ray]
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 215 minutes
Amazon.com:
Ridley Scott puts on his “sweeping saga” gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas’s somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a more interesting character than Lucas–too honest for his own good, unlucky in his personal life–and this kind of character, easily patronized by others, fits Crowe like a polyester shirt. Scott’s tendency to hit his points square on the noggin is much in evidence here, including the typecasting of the supporting roles and the predictable Serpico atmosphere of the whole thing. (And speaking of supporting actors, the film needs more Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role as a Lucas sidekick feels cut down.) It succeeds as a kind of chewy entertainment, fueled by the presence of two big stars working their muscles. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. –Robert Horton
Stills from American Gangster (Click for larger image) ![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Denzel S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Denzel_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Russell Street S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Russell_Street_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Common Ejiofor S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Common_Ejiofor_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Russell Desk S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Russell_Desk_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Ridley Scott S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Ridley_Scott_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Russell Money S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Russell_Money_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Denzel Brolin S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Denzel_Brolin_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Lymari Nadal S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Lymari_Nadal_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] Street S](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/universal/AmericanGangster/Street_S.jpg "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: 
- Have been waiting for this on Blu-ray!
This movie is great! The wait was worth it. It took so long for the Blu-ray release but everything about it is top notch!
Rating: - Fantastic Movie but with Disc Problems
The movie itself was amazing. I love most movies With Denzel Washington in them. For some reason though, the HD side of my disc would not play. It is almost like the manufacturer just did not put any data on the HD side. When you look at the HD side of the disc, there is no line where the data stops. The SD side works fine though. Unfortunately, I did not actually attempt to play the HD side on my HD DVD player until long after the return policy was up. This was probably just an isolated incident … Read More
Rating: - American Gangster…
The positive reviews’ already written says it all. The scene where Denzel’s Lucas burns the $50,000 Chinchilla coat said it all for me. See what happen’s when you show off? You draw unwanted attention to yourself! Lucas was on top of the world and still ended up in jail, his family in ruins. Great film (and object lesson) for the interested.
I rate this movie: 5 stars!
Rating: - Gritty Gangster Epic
Ridley Scott’s American Gangster is a gritty portrait of the New York drug underworld in the early 1970’s. With great performances by both DenzelWashington as drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as cop Richie Roberts the film takes on both the gangster lifestyle and the currupt police problem of New York.
The film has all the earmarks of an epic. The story written by Steve Zaillian, while a bit long at times, effectively portrays life on the streets at the time period. The camara work … Read More
Rating: - HARLEM + HEROIN + TWO FAMOUS STARS. Does it equal an Academy Award?
American Gangster (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition)
GANGSTER MOVIES COME IN VIVID SPURTS, like machine - gun fire. In the early ’30s, hard guys like James Cagney, Paul Muni and Edward G.Robinson paraded the sick dazzle of Prohibition - era thugs. Forty years later the Corleones ruled, but on the margins were the subgenera of African Americans gangster films: SUPERFLY, BLACK CAESAR and their bloody kin. Beneath the violent fantasies of these films was a historical fact: African American mobsters were … Read More
Search DVD : American Gangster [Blu-ray] from AmAzon
[asa]B001EIOOVS[/asa]
![DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray] sharebookmarx](http://www.love-online-video.com/wp-content/plugins/addmarx/sharebookmarx.png "DVD : American Gangster [Blu ray]")
First tagged "video" by norma Segui Customer tags: wii(133), dance games(131)
First tagged "video" by Kyle A. Munz Customer tags: helmet cam(7)