The gangster is black, and the justice police are white. The eldest brother thought he could handle the underworld and the innocent, so there was Denzel Washington, who was not surprised everywhere; the police firmly believed that justice would defeat evil sooner or later, so there was Russell Crowe who refused to corrode and never touched. Denzel Washington tried to rebuild order in his field, and he succeeded; while Russell Crowe vowed to break this order, and he succeeded. Two mavericks and hands-on people are on opposite sides or have different means of earning a living, and both believe that individual power transcends everything, while collectivism means hypocrisy, cunning, and deceit. Therefore, Denzel Washington did not forget to create a harmonious family scene while committing crimes. Russell Crow did not hesitate to lose the understanding and trust of his family and dealt with the muddy currents alone, which made the whole film all over the faintly American style. Warmth. As an audience member, I don’t think Denzel Washington, who used the coffin of American soldiers to smuggle drugs, is a heinous guy; I don’t think Russell Crowe as a policeman is a moral role model. In the game between these two people, the people around them are not victims of their respective camps, and the environment in which they live is far from being a microcosm of American society. The movie just wants to tell us that in this world, people or forces that oppose you will always exist, and you will not get everyone's support. You must stand up to fight instead of just wait and die.
"American Gangster" sets the time background in the 1970s. The lens is full of retro hairstyles, retro clothes, retro neighborhoods, retro dialogues and even boxing champion Ali's retro boxing match... This is what the Oscar judges like The taste of epic movies.
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