Frank Lucas has been a driver for the godfather for fifteen years, and he has learned a lot from the godfather. He distributed turkeys to the poor on Thanksgiving. This is his action as a popular leader. It is also mentioned in "Brainwashing". been to this point.
What may appear to the audience as small favors and small favors is, in fact, a gift of ordinary life to the poor, and it can indeed improve their quality of life. A turkey is worth a million empty promises with no fate. The film's shaping of Frank's character is also reflected in the following points: when his younger brother did business with him, he bought a fancy suit and was scolded by Frank, "The most arrogant one must be the weakest."
The fur coat his wife gave him caught the attention of the police, Frank was blackmailed, and when he got home, Frank burned the fur, obviously wary of things that weakened him.
"In this world, you are you, either one or the other, either a big man or a nobody."
On the one hand, this sentence shows Frank's ambition, he is a person who is not willing to be mediocre.
Plus, he had his own ideas instead of copying what he learned from his godfather.
He has his own system of drug trafficking and drug sales, including his own ultra-high-purity drug brand.
The last thing worth noting is the ending of Lucas. The movie does not show Lucas's life after he was released from prison, but from the information given in the entry, Frank Lucas is undoubtedly a drug lord who has a good start and a good ending.
Before being imprisoned, Lucas was the richest drug lord at the time; after being imprisoned, Lucas’s 70-year sentence was reduced to 12 years; after being released from prison, Lucas regarded his life experience as a super valuable The information was sold, and the movie "American Gangster" was made.
Lucas passed away in May 2019 at the age of 88. As a drug lord, Lucas has reached heights that none of his leading godfathers have been able to.
Careful, low-key, diligent, bold, never making the same mistake twice, all of which made Frank Lucas.
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