American Gangster (2007)Movies

SAY HELLO TO MY LEETLE M.B.A. Kyle Smith Review of “American Gangster” 160 minutes/R (graphic violence, nudity, profanity, drug abuse) Like an automatic weapon that fires economic principles–this movie has any many bullet points as bullets–Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster” is lethally effective. Many have tried to be the black “Scarface;” this one succeeds. Elegantly paced, visually dazzling and guided by a cynically witty take on American capitalism,it’s the first film this year that has a serious chance at an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Denzel Washington plays a real-life Harlem drug kingpin who, inspired by the outsourcing and distribution-channel prowess summarized at a TV store (“Sony this, Toshiba...