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[Belmit]

American Gangster - 7/10

Good film, great performances, but never really felt like it ever got properly going. As with a lot of films that are based on true stories, the climax was a bit of a let down. One of those where they suddenly end it and flash up a bunch of narratives saying 'Mr. X went to jail and got out in '83. He died in Phoenix in '92.' 'Jimmy got shingles and fell down the stairs.' That sort of thing.

There were some great touches though, like where the police and the rival gangsters are doing separate searches in different locations and they show the duality of it. I also liked that the viewer doesn't know who to root for (or maybe that was just me?). They made Denzel Washington's character really moralistic (in his own way) and likeable, but similarly showed Russell Crowe as an honest cop at the expense of being a lousy husband and father. A lot of effort went into reproducing that 70s feel as well.