For as much heat as they take, there’s often nothing quite like watching a great gangster movie. Gangsters are among the most compelling characters in America in part because they seem to be so distinctly American.
If you’re looking for a great gangster epic and you’ve already checked out The Irishman, you might want to spend some time with American Gangster. The movie is a loose adaptation of the true story of Frank Lucas, a gangster who operated in the 1970s and smuggled heroin into the U.S. in American service planes returning from Vietnam. Even as it chronicles Lucas’ exploits, it also tells the story of the cop who became determined to take him down.
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