American Gangster

American Gangster is a fine film. Ostensibly a gangster film it in fact presents one of the most intelligent dissections of free market capitalism to have been committed to celluloid.

The ever excellent Denzel Washington is the gangster - murderous but oddly civilised. Just as good is Russell Crowe as the incorruptible cop who eventually brings Washington down.

This is superior film-making, on nodding acquaintance with The Godfather and (a lesser film) Serpico. 8.5/10.