Nel momento in cui si decide di pubblicizzare un film presentandolo come "epico, ai livelli de Il padrino", chiunque si rende conto che si sta già cercando di ingannarlo. Insomma, un film potrà anche essere bello, anche molto bello, ma paragonarlo con uno dei film che ha fatto la storia del cinema non gioverà certo alla sua immagine, senza contare che si corre il rischio di deludere inevitabilmente le aspettative (esagerate) degli spettatori. Quindi tu, che hai ideato la campagna promozionale di American Gangster , sei pregato di cambiare lavoro. Nella New York dei primi 70, after being for years the right arm of a boss in Harlem, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) decides to set up his own criminal organization, relying on the selling of pure heroin, imported directly from Bangkok by air traffic of 'U.S. Army. Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) is a narcotics cop, corrupt ostracized by colleagues and abandoned by his frustrated wife. The first is a man of "strong principles", the other is an immoral, there are two trains running in opposite directions, and that will come into conflict with no possibility of mediation.
Ridley Scott returns to a genre most congenial to him after the misstep of A Good Year, continuing to run with his favorite actor Russell Crowe. The great Australian actor's interpretation, supported the other as good Denzel Washington, but not enough to make American Gangster the masterpiece that the director wanted. In other words, was bitten off a little more chew. As regards the form, I think the story of two parallel stories is a bit 'too cumbersome, while the content of the film I would say that some potentially explosive issues such as the spread of heroin could be addressed with more depth, or at least a eye a bit 'more critical. What he shot Scott, a far cry from the masterpieces of Coppola, Scorsese and Lumet is a solid film, well done, but that certainly will not enter into history. In fact, Lucas is not Corleone, and Roberts is not Serpico. Promotional campaign aside, we expected something more.
Rating: 7 / 10
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