The biographical crime film is based on the life of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene and tells the true story of ...

The biographical crime film is based on the true story of the rise and fall of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene ...

As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime. While violent gangs and criminal ...

Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, the film stars Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken Linda ...

Such films as “The Godfather” and “Serpico” contain iconic scenes and sequences. “American Gangster” contributes little. It’s workmanlike and engrossing, but what sticks in the mind ...

You'd expect a movie with that kind of pedigree to be nothing short of an instant classic. Alas, "American Gangster" fails to live up to its promise. And, even more damagingly, almost everyone ...

I have some thoughts as to why it remains a really enduring genre. From its beginnings, the gangster film is an American cinematic invention. Other national cinemas have adopted it and riffed on it, ...

The movie is directed by Ridley Scott ... Denzel Washington starred in American Gangster at 53 years old. He played the leading drug lord, Frank Lucas, and did so with the highest combination ...

Under the direction of Hollywood icon Ridley Scott, known for Alien and Gladiator, this 2007 film is soon to depart Amazon Prime, prompting fans to voice their admiration. American Gangster ...

“American Gangster” wants to be a great epic crime ... Memories of numerous classics hang over this film like banners commemorating past championship teams — “The Godfather,” “Serpico ...

But what might be the greatest gangster movies ever made? As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime. While violent gangs and criminal outlaws are ...

American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott's would-be epic aspires to enshrine ...