Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
American Gangster has generally received very positive reviews.
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American Gangster was released in 2007 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 925 reviews, giving American Gangster (2007) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 78%, American Gangster is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2007, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2007 with similar scores include films like Zodiac, Superbad and The Counterfeiters.
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