

American Gangster (Unrated Extended Edition)
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- Common Sense Age 17+
- Critics Consensus 81%
- UHD
- HDR
- CC
- SDH
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- Drama
- 2 Hours 55 Minutes
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4.3 • 426 Ratings
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Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)
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Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: American Gangster is a gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films, with its lead performers firing on all cylinders.
Violent, drug-fueled drama isn't for kids.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Denzel Washington
- Russell Crowe
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Josh Brolin
- Ted Levine
- Armand Assante
- John Ortiz
- Common
- T.I.
- John Hawkes
- RZA
- Lymari Nadal
- Yul Vazquez
- Ruby Dee
- Idris Elba
- Carla Gugino
- Joe Morton
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Producers
- Brian Grazer
- Ridley Scott
- Screenwriter
- Steven Zaillian
Information
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- SDH
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) refer to subtitles in the original language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.