Finally got round to watching the marathon crime drama that is "American Gangster" by the hot/cold Ridley Scott. The start had me confused a bit as the time period was difficult (for me) to pin-down, due to the fashions I guess. It soon got into it's stride and fairly cracked along considering it has a 2h45m running time.
A pretty standard straight cop fighting corruption/crime boss building an empire story, except it is based on truth. Well sort of truth (according to Wikipedia). OK, very little truth and a load of made up bollocks by the sound of it.
Still, as a movie it was gripping, stylish (to be expected from Rid) and had my buttocks clenched with the tension in the final act.
The epilogue (always reminds me of "Streets of San Francisco" when I see that word) seemed a bit tacked on and took me out of the story a bit.
Still, well worth a watch.
7/10
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Hello Drippin, what would you have been a contender for and what bird would you be? I think I would be Goldie Horn or Meg Ryan, or perhaps a falcon, or eagle or albatross, one that soars with great ease, which may rule out the flacon, although a peregrine would be nice. I thought about magpie, but that is a lie only a wind up. What is this spoiler comment?
I am getting there with your blog, but not as fast as my time on holiday is running out. 3 months gone. I am in Cambodia until 23rd at the latest, then my visa runs out so I should be in Vietnam by then. I am off to Kep tomorrow and think I will have a couple of days chill. I should go to Vietnam via Chau Doc and hopefully run around the Mekong Delta a bit. It is hell of a river, but I think the Chinese are doing there best to change that, from what I hear locally.
Take care Bro.
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