when i learned that denzel washington and russell crowe were making another movie together, i wondered why anyone would want to see a sequel to virtuosity, because that movie was downright bad. and i'm pretty sure that ridley scott even directed it as well. anyway, denzel washington plays the same character he always plays [surprise, surprise], a hard-nosed person with strong values [in other words, he plays denzel washington]. in this movie though, he is a ghetto kingpin who wears ugly suits. russell crowe is supposedly the cop who is going to bring the whole operation down. that in itself may be the greatest leap that any viewer will have to make. seriously, i don't think it's very plausible that russell crowe has any allegiance to the law.at any rate, i question if american gangster [doesn't its name sound like a working title that never changed and just stuck?] will be able to break new ground in a genre that has been beat to a bloody pulp far too many times. in the end, i think it will be a good movie, just not a classic one.
prognosis: 7/10
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