| American Gangster (2007) is based on the life | | | | to achieve his own American Dream. He ruled the |
| story of Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Frank | | | | inner city drug trades, dealing with the elite in |
| Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a former | | | | politics, entertainment and the same field he's in. |
| international drug lord and crime boss in a major | | | | Meanwhile, Richie Roberts is having a hard time |
| African American business and cultural center in | | | | dealing with his failing marriage, police career and |
| Manhattan, New York known as Harlem during the | | | | law-school classes. His rampant womanizing |
| late 1960's up to early 1970's. On the other hand, | | | | resulted to a more complicated situation when his |
| Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), a New Jersey | | | | wife seeks a divorce and custody of their child. |
| police detective and Essex County Assistant | | | | His colleagues hates him because of his rare |
| Prosecutor. On the other hand, Richie Roberts | | | | honesty making him an outcast. He takes charge |
| (Russell Crowe) is a former Marine, police | | | | of the newly-build task force against the raging |
| detective and Essex County Assistant Prosecutor. | | | | drug trafficking in the cities of New Jersey and |
| The movie's plot revolves around the separate | | | | New York. |
| lives of a high class gangster and an ordinary | | | | As the drug-related crimes rises and as the police |
| police man and how their lives accidentally | | | | task force is seeks right timing to caught the man |
| coincides. It features how Lucas engaged into a | | | | behind the rampant drug trafficking, Lucas and |
| dark side of "rags to riches" story. He started as | | | | Roberts paths will become intertwined, as |
| a driver of a mob boss that passed away, leaving | | | | destined to be - where only one can come out on |
| the authority to him. He created his own empire | | | | top. |