CastDenzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Josh Brolin
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Carla Gugino
Common
TI
RZA
Ted Levine
John Ortiz
Yul Vazquez
Roger Bart
Screenwriter
Steven Zaillian
Director
Ridley Scott
Running Time
156 minutes
The true story of Frank Lucas (Washington), a ’70s Harlem crime lord who took on the Mafia by importing uncut heroin directly from Thailand, then selling it cheaper. Enter Richie Roberts (Crowe), the one clean cop in a sea of filthy fuzz, assigned to stem the drug flow and put Lucas behind bars.
It has a great visual style to it which goes without saying with a Ridley Scott picture but it does and there's the real sense of a long stretch of time being covered. The two leads are excellent and it held my absolute attention throughout.
