Film Analysis: American Gangster

In 2007, The movie American Gangster was a reenactment of the famous Frank Lucas, a well known herion dealer from Manhattan in the early 1970's. He was considering himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem, one of the districts of Manhattan. He imported heroin directly from South East Asia and figuring out a unique way of smuggling the drugs to the U.S. He uses the transportation o the U.S military airplanes from Vietnam to the U.S. His trademark was called "Blue magic" which was the name of his product that he was distributing throughout the U.S. Richie Roberts was an detective of the Federal Investigation of Narcotics, which brought down the biggest heroin dealer, Frank Lucas. This movie was directed by Ridley Scott. It portrays
during that time period, job were to find because of the economy not being stable. People were trying to find ways of making money to support their family or needs. The state laws wasn't enforced and there were corruption during that time. The majority of these people find dealing drugs as a side job that they can make money, profit, tax-free, and easy to obtain.
In the dealing with drugs, most of these are males from different ethncity, also there are few females that were involved. The most important aspects of drug dealing was power, money, numbers in groups, and respect. In the movie, Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, shows that Frank has the power to control the groups of dealers because he had his whole family invovled in his drug rings and connection with people. Aside from selling drugs, he also supported his community by supply them with food. The enitre community in Harlem knew that Frank was a drug dealer and supported him and what he was doing. In the film American Gangster, Ridley Scott wanted to show the audience how life was hard and different in 1970's by showing a man's struggle to survive in lie by selling drugs. Frank Lucas was an example because he shows how drugs can really impact people's lives and that it can have a huge affect on the community, The film gives the audience a look at how the drugs dealing is big business industrial and how it can affect most people. Heroin was the drug that was being describe in the movie, showing how it can be a addictive and can be
dangerous. The title American Gangster may sound like any other movie that relates to different typw of gangs, but for this movie, it shows a whole community supporting one another for drug dealing business. People at Imagin Entertainment, Scott Free Prouctions, and Relativity Media, yahoo.com/movie-reviews, wanted to send a message that we need to help make this drug free environment not just in the U.S, but around the world.