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Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars. Richie Roberts is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.

Production
Universal Pictures; Imagine Entertainment; Relativity Media; Scott Free Productions [gb];

Cast Names
Denzel Washington; Russell Crowe; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Josh Brolin; Lymari Nadal; Ted Levine; Roger Guenveur Smith; John Hawkes; RZA; Yul Vazquez; Malcolm Goodwin; Ruby Dee; Ruben Santiago-Hudson; Carla Gugino; Skyler Fortgang; John Ortiz; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Armand Assante; Kathleen Garrett; Joe Morton; Ritchie Coster; Bari K. Willerford; Idris Elba; Common; Warner Miller; Albert Jones; J. Kyle Manzay; T.I.; Melissia Hill; Quisha Saunders; Kevin Corrigan; Robert Funaro; Jon Polito; Tom O'Rourke; Robert C. Kirk; Tom Stearns; KaDee Strickland; Jon DeVries; Jim R. Coleman; Lee Shepard;

Release Date
2007-10-19 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
2007-11-02

Genres
Crime; Drama; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality.

Running Time
2 hr. 37 min.
2 hr. 56 min. (unrated version)

Director
Ridley Scott

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One of the best movies I have ever seen!

Rob NJ
11:58am on Sunday, November 4th, 2007

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