Blackflix Movie News Presents: American Gangster
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A detective tries to bring down the drug empire of a heroin kingpin smuggling drugs into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III.
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***

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