Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Directed by Ridley Scott
new york city
vietnam
drug smuggling
society
gangster
drug trafficking
heroin
junkie
ghetto
nightclub
ambition
rise and fall
cop
organized crime
drug dealing
police corruption
wedding
police detective
family
surveillance
bribery
law enforcement
aftercreditsstinger
dishonesty
1960s
provocative
violence
suspenseful
intense
brisk
Rank
#25 in 2007·#1615 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
Lymari Nadal
Eva
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
RZA
Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
Crew
Ridley Scott
Director
Steven Zaillian
Screenplay
Marc Streitenfeld
Original Music Composer
Pietro Scalia
Editor
Harris Savides
Director of Photography
Brian Grazer
Producer
Branko Lustig
Executive Producer
Ridley Scott
Producer
Jim Whitaker
Executive Producer
Michael Costigan
Executive Producer
Nicholas Pileggi
Executive Producer
Steven Zaillian
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
1561 reviews
sissi
9.0★ · 01/18/26
yall gone realize 2 things about me. 1. i love denzel 2. he can do no wrong in my eyes
2/52 of denzel’s films.
yall gone realize 2 things about me. 1. i love denzel 2. he can do no wrong in my eyes
2/52 of denzel’s films.
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Nyle Ali
9.0★ · 08/13/25
“ma mannnn”
“ma mannnn”
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John Ryan
7.9★ · 06/30/25
85/100
85/100
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Miguelon
9.0★ · 06/02/26
Es un gran trabajo de Ridley Scott que quizá no está al nivel de las mejores peliculas de gangsters pero sigue siendo una gran película que además toca otros temas a parte de la mafia como las drogas o la corrupción policial.
Es un gran trabajo de Ridley Scott que quizá no está al nivel de las mejores peliculas de gangsters pero sigue siendo una gran película que además toca otros temas a parte de la mafia como las drogas o la corrupción policial.
