If you want see Training Day 2 or Gladiator Returns don’t even think about seeing this movie. American Gangster is a slow building story with a twist for those who don’t know the story of Frank Lucas. Denzel plays the part of a methodical yet explosive drug lord to a T, but on the contrary Russell Crow’s fake Jersey accent is ok at best as he is left in the dusk by Denzel. I would say the movie is an 8. It has lots good parts but that’s all. There is no tragic death or explosive ending and if you wanted the ending from Man on Fire look somewhere else.