Re: American Gangster leaked online one week before release
My favorite part was when McNulty finally got to arrest Stringer Bell.
This movie is pretty terrible. It's absurdly long, it waffles really hard on how flawed it's willing to make Roberts or Lucas(the ending text refers to Richie and Frank's COLLABORATION??? The goddamn movie opens with Lucas setting someone on fire!!!).
It's not sure if it wants to be The Godfather, The Wire, or Serpico so it ends up failing to be any of them.
One caveat: Remarkably stellar cast. Pretty much every single major character is played by someone I recognize, and everyone does at worst a good job.
It's worth noting that Ejiofor does his usual absolutely [censored] incredible job. If that guy was named "Kevin Thompson" he'd be making $20M a picture, I've never seen anything he's done where he doesn't kill.
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