i feel bad cause denvel is my man but Lucas is just full of shit, you wanna know what really happen look up ike atkinson. American gangster was not accurate but thats hollywood.
1 million a day!!! ... daymn!!! ... and thats not today's 1mil... thats 1970s 1mil!!! thats quite a bit more!! back when gas was 25c/gallon!!!! ... daaaayymn! better open a savings account!
Most Entrepreneur are killers. If You are rich chances are, a lot of people are dying, I'm just saying. America was was founded on killing for power. Now most whites are independent because of it. All drugs aside, Lucas was a smart guy. You can learn from him, Especially minorities. Like get your own connections, cut out the middle men, and create your own business.
Most entrepreneur's don't actually kill people for money. That would be horrible. If by kill you mean, basically, render ineffective or win over, yeah a lot of entrepreneurs do that.
But this is the 21st century. Killing is totally wrong.
@yeuuuuu judging by the way the movie portrays him, he was practically an underground genius and only exploited and murdered scumbags anyway and how can you not admire him when youve got the smoothest actor around playing his role... just saying
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that chinese dude was a great actor...and I can tell that Denzell is uncomfortable that the perception might exist that he is glorifying a reprobate drug kingpin like Frank Lucas...this movie is part of why Russell Crowe is my favorite actor...he kicked ass here...Josh Brolin did great too...this movie would have been better with more period music...soul hits from the late '60s and early '70s..
If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
it just amazes me that we make movies and glorify people who are murderers, drug dealers, the scum of the earth. yet we dont do give 2 shits about the teachers, doctors, and the people who actually do something positive for the world... this man did nothing but ruin countless lives and make profit off their pain and addiction...
@pwj86772 apparently ur a fucking idiot "ass nuts"... thats the point, this man is a low life piece of shit and yet we go ahead and make him a fucking celebrity and make what he did look cool. This movie is another example of why kids grow up and think its cool to e thugs and gangbangers. This man basically is the reason Harlem is what it is today, yet he's a celebrity now... its societal bullshit. And who the fuck says ass nuts, grow the fuck up!
@Gallooch25 even to become a drug dealer nd a murderer like he was you need to be good at it, u need to have brains, and know the game! and ppl glorifyed frank cause he (a single man) had the balls and the brain to do and to accomplished what no italian mafia (more then 100 guyz) could do. so, they are not glorying the murderz and all that shiit. ppl r surprised by wat these man did back then! EXAMPLE. everybody respects bim laden, not cause he killed ppl, but cause he neva got caught! got it?
@rappersouthside yeah because those are all great things... ru fucking kidding me, he was gret at killing people, getting millions addicted to heroin, and snitching out everyone he worked with... real respectable guy there, we should make a fucking movie about him but not about someone who actually helped our society. And name me one person who respects Bin Laden... NOBODY RESPECTS BIN LADEN! u r a fucking idiot for real...
@Gallooch25 If nobody respected Bin Laden he wouldn't have had the power and impact he had. I'm just saying step away from your view point and just look at it from the other side
I love how this black man condones Lucas's motive's of selling a black community killing drug of his own people to the black community of Harlem and beyond. Who cares if he handed out turkeys if one is responsible for destroying an entire borough of the largest city in American. This man should never be celebrated. He's responsible for multiple murders, yet walks free. The nation should have the same system as Texas. This murderer should be long dead.
@manmanguy If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
@manmanguy whos celebrating what he did? its a fucking movie, thats all it is. Its a story about how one man changed the way new york was looked at in the 60s-70s. never ONCE did anyone say this was a movie to celebrate frank lucas' life. its a biopic MOVIE, so quit your bitching
Selling it 2 or 3 % pure ? I thought "Blue Magic" was sold almost pure ? Even uncut. That's why he had success and put the competition out of business.
i love the part where its like "man wat ya gonna do?" head shot then he just walks back in ans says "where was i" like he didnt just blow a guys fuckin head off
@lipsodent Denzel co-signs a fraud...Frank Lucas never transported or organized the transportation of heroin from thailand... heroin was never transported in the coffins of american soldiers...coffins are usually accompanied by an officer in the military until in reaches the care of the family...stop supporting rats...it's bad enough he caused the destruction of so many people...but he's a rat..fraud... research sergeant smack for the real info
This movie was great nonetheless. I think Ridley Scott perfectly captured not only the life of Frank Lucas but the gritty state of New York City and Harlem in the early 1970s
Denzel Washington is such an amazing actor. You can really tell that he's researched this role (Frank Lucas) inside and out.
The real Frank Lucas, however, just like every other mob drug lord/mafia member that's existed in American history, was a worthless scumbag and a piece of shit. Just because he rose from rags to riches doesn't make him a hero. He made a living inspiring terror, aggression, and violence in people, and he's an embarrassment to America's values.
@Posmeallie "mob drug lord/mafia member that's existed in American history, was a worthless scumbag and a piece of shit." The prosecutors and the FBI said "If those guys weren't criminals (Luciano, Lansky) , they could have been CEO of General motors" To go to Taiwan without knowing the local mob and trying to make connections by himself as a black man in an hostile environment: that's what I call courage and intelligence. Not a hero, a criminal, a bad man but a genious criminal ! :p
@samy310383 your wrong, he had a very good friend that was in the army stationed in Taiwan at the time that's how he was able to bring all the heroin back...Through the help of his friend and other crooked soldiers at that time they were able to put the heroin in coffins of dead soldiers coming back to the U.S. The Movie "American Gangster" wasn't allowed to portray the U.S. army as having crooked soldiers so in the movie they played it out that he went in there alone for 2 months.Do RESEARCH!
@sbkid23 What the fuck ?!! Did you watch the movie ? The US soldiers were actually portrayed as junkies getting high and banging the asian hoes and the other ones were corrupted assholes who allowed hiding the yeyo within the coffins ! and we even see Lucas paying them directly ! You didn't even watch the movie and you talk about it and you telling me to do some research ? lol Just like Denzell and wikipedia say about it, he went to Thailand to buy directly from the source !!
@samy310383 I'm not saying you can't admire his courage and intelligence, but plenty of famous (or even non-famous) people have had courage and intelligence without it involving single-handedly destroying communities, nonchalantly shooting people in broad daylight, and burning people alive.
@Posmeallie If you recognize some sens of courage and intelligence, I guess you can't say "piece of shit" like a real piece of shit pimp or basic dumbshit dealer. The way I see it, it's destroying junkies or drug addicts , nonchalantly shooting the local crime boss who had it coming. Burning alive some other gangster ! Do you think regular people like you and I would be burning on that chair ?
I came with a ship,killed the natives,and started to build houses,that's it in a short draw,you call your selves a nation when actually it's just people who have so many different types of blood that god him self wouldn't be able to recognize each one of you.
Stories and tales like the one of Frank Lucas is what gives United States at least some kind of face.
No offense,i like states,i have been in states,but that's a fact.
@Bastacat SO true. i mean, blowing up hundreds of thousands of innocent japaneses for a test, and I didn´t even got started on the terror that the government of the US submits the world every single decade.. pretty much looks like frank lucas.
@youngnigerian no, his story was definitely an interesting one, and he was disciplined, intelligent, and caring towards his family, but that doesn't take away from all the nasty shit he did. the problem wasn't that he did stuff that was illegal... the problem was that he destroyed his community with drugs, shot people in broad daylight, and burned people alive. no one should admire a person like that.
American Gangster is misleading and Frank Lucas is a fraud... he never went to Thailand himself...and he did have a connect...Ike Atkinson...he did 32 yrs in prison for transporting heroin, over 400 million worth ...and he was released 2yrs ago at 83... he was the #1 supplier... and he wasn't a snitch... Frank was a flunky... The rats always get out early and have the story to tell...read up and get the true history of Real African American gangsters... read Sergeant Smack by Ron Chepesiuk
MADEINSONY84 SHUT THE F UP YOU AINT NO NIGGER IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS ACTING NOT WHAT FRANK LUCAS DID OR STOOD FOR BUT THE ACTUAL ACTING BY DENZEL IS OSCAR WINNING MY MAN
@craiggowan hes talking about synthetic drugs weed is obviously gonna be pure cuz its a plant but something like ecstasy is made in a factory and it can vary in pureness.
@phuphroo What does that suppose to mean? Clearly you commented on how you hate people talking to you about christ, because you want to live the way you want, NOT the way the bible says.Remember the bible isn't a book its a person. A person named JESUS
@Kaz10005: No the bible is a book. If you don't know I feel sorry for you. YOU don't know Christ because Christ was a) probably not even real, b) dead way before you were born.
its funny how Denzel played a hard line boxer named rubin carter who had never commited a crime and he spent about 22 years in jail, then Denzel played Frank, who had commited so many crimes and only spent about 5 years in jail, can anyone else see he irony in that?
@skate4food11 though you may think that, you can't hold Denzel accountable for his resources. Seeing that frank lucas and barnes were rivals Lucas expanded his connections to southeast Asia where he got it pure. Now you may say Barnes ran harlem but Lucas' was pure. This is from reading both of their biographies (Barnes' book)
That muthafucker sold drugs PERIOD... Killed people (mainly blacks) for his lifestyle. Fuck how he did it, how keen or bold he was and all of this shyt. THATS IRRELEVANT!!!!
underground27 u shuld shut the fk up so u a HATER get lost and to all you who disrespect any of the game or anything anyone doe to get paid acting slangin whatever!! get paid get paid get paid YOU HATER are not pying any of our bills BITCH get at me im HAZZARD
Sad. Fuck a Frank Lucas and all those gangstas!THE REAL STORY.During that time black folks were more united with each other,organizing black movements, strong and progressive but white folks brought this LUCAS and heroin in to put that shyt out in the streets to destroy black folks. And he looked up to this MF?!! DENZEL...HE HELPED DESTROY YOUR PEOPLE! And you probably feel honored just like you did when they gave you a grammy for Training Day (playing a dirty black cop) too huh? Smh.
your a blatant hater you are greeeeen with envy hate that you have to work so hard boy? well we all do one way or another Denzel earns his money so where the fk is ur prob????aint nothins SAD ABOUT IT!!!!
you respect him as a _usinessman? Then go sell dope & kill people!
You need partners to make it _ig? Wow these mindsets are very limiting... Money's so easy to make, all you have to do is _elieve it, you dont have to drug or kill any_ody, and as for requiring the cooperation of others to make it _ig, I recommend looking in the mirror on that one. That's the only person you need cooperation from.
i can get with that but sometimes yu get too hungry and trying to do things legit can be limiting to some folk hey lets talk about the price you pay to drive in california we have to make choices sometimes its buy peanut butter and jelly or pay the damn car insurance!! fk this shit im hungry!!!!!
lol @ all the jealous assholes in here talking adown on a real American hustla. For all of yall ignorant assholes that don't know -this is how America was built. There's nothing in this movie that compares to the real hustle that went into creating this great nation. Get a grip haters or suck the BIG one lol........peace!
but it was cool tho cuss the film went after the cops too the ones that was corrupt,,,so Frank Lucas wasnt a pimp he was just watchin the hoes for the real pimp Uncle Sam
This bitch sole drugs and kill his own people, half of the movie was BS. He did more terrible stuff to people then what the movie show. Turkey to the homeless? LOL and he got off because he was a rat! He ratted out everyone not just the cops! Everyone!
WOW a asshole who sell drugs, kill people, and bragg about it get a movie glorifying him like some kind of street hero! ROFL
I guess this is call "THE AMERICAN DREAMS" where killers & drugs dealer can be worshipped. This is just sad!
@footsagogo It is well known that you, need partners to make it big. And family members are the only ones you can trust. Frank Lucas also had a council. But his is pre-school compared to Amado Carillo's. If Frank Lucas is the "American gangster" Amado Carillo is the "International Gangster" And you dont see them making a lame movie about him.
@footsagogo just like hustlehard said u need family and friends to succeed. u cant just be some geek off the street like frank lucas, i bet u he had friends in the game. amado also had plenty of people working under and for him. did frank lucas own planes, no if anything he had a huffy or rollerskates
@footsagogo just like hustlehard said you need family and friends to make it, you can't just be some geek off the street like frank lucas. amado had numerous people working under him and for him. did frank lucas own a fleet of planes like amado carillo? no if anything frank lucas owned a huffy or rollerskates.
I agree Amado Carrillo makes this guy look like a joke. Did frank lucas ever own planes????no. Amado Carrillo is the lord of the skies. He had a fleet of planes
You're right he didn't... but he could have! He was makin' at one point about 1 million dollars a day for a very long period of time... And this is a man that grew up in the ghetto! I don't respect him as a drug dealer, I respect him as a business man
He did what he HD to do to get paid and support his family just because people on the street was on his drug isn't his fault it wad that indivduals fault there's drugs going through my streets and deAlers out my door as we speak that doesn't make me dumb enough to go buy so don't ble him for all those addicts n shit. He Didnt force no one to buy his products and he made millions just like mcdonalds ain't forcing a fat person to buy that burger it's that indibiduLs finAl choice
he was selling heroin to his own people, to his own community. it's easy to glorify him from a distance, but what if your father or brother was an heroin addict and your sister his hooker?
thats the same thing i was saying. I look at these things to learn to not repeat the same mistake they've made. Thats why rappers like rick ross need to tell a story of the pit falls of drugs instead of glorifying it.
@madeinsony84 i agree but at the same time....have you heard his story straight from his mouth...about how he even got to Harlem...he came from the South...his cousin got a shotgun shoved in his mouth and they blew the trigger...and that was for "reckless eye ballin"...that's staring at a white woman. If i saw that when i was 6 yrs old...what the fuck would i care about some dope fiends that are gonna shoot up anyway? He literally came to harlem with NOTHING man.
@madeinsony84 : If your father is a heroin addict and a your sister is a hooker --- those are decisions made by their own voalition (IE: IT IS THIER RESPONSIBILITY for choosing their lifestyle) Remember: Frank never forced anyone to work for him, he was just taking care of #1, himself. Just like anyone would do. Capiche?
@MrFootscrazy3011: Nope. No excuse. Just that I think ANYONE (including you and me) would have chosen that lifestyle if no other option seemed possible. I never blame anyone for trying to take care of themselves and reach the top by any means --- He was just as ambitious as bill gates, just that his "means" to get successful happened on the streets instead of the board-room. Gotta admire that kind of gusto.
@MrFootscrazy3011 : Nope. Millions of people are born into families that are so dirt poor -- the roof is literally 'barely hanging', not to mention majority of the world lives on less than $1 PER DAY. So no, none of these people chose their circumstances (just as you or me did not -- at least initially when we were born) But ULTIMATELY everyone has the freedom to choose what they want to do in life -- ESPECIALLY in the U.S.
@madeinsony84 ...and if he decided he was to stop selling H......the same people would have got it somewhere else......after all he was'nt forcing people to buy it.
@madeinsony84 then thats what they get. I hate it when people call drug addiction a disease. PLease whores and Junkies. Get some will power. O and just in-case you say something like. You do not know how it is. MY sis is going on 7 years meth addict. She is no longer spoken of.
@madeinsony84 I think he was a smart mother fucker. I'm Sicilian and cosa nostra controlled junk through the French connection until he came along. Besides, people use narcotic whether they are illegal or not. He simply seized an opportunity that the mafia missed out on. Well, until he got pinched. Then the Sicilians got the heroin import business from the American Italian Mafia and took it over.
@madeinsony84 Then they're idiots...Im sorry but frank was a BUSY intelligent man... the SUCKAS are the buyers and the addicts...the ones enjoying lifestyles are the SELLERS! "never get high on your own supplys" asshole!
@madeinsony84 If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
My man...
itsazy 1 week ago
i feel bad cause denvel is my man but Lucas is just full of shit, you wanna know what really happen look up ike atkinson. American gangster was not accurate but thats hollywood.
remrom06 1 month ago
1 million a day!!! ... daymn!!! ... and thats not today's 1mil... thats 1970s 1mil!!! thats quite a bit more!! back when gas was 25c/gallon!!!! ... daaaayymn! better open a savings account!
betsyandleonard 1 month ago
My Man!
15peewee12 1 month ago
My Man.
JoshuaMLB 2 months ago
My nigga!
Hiller242 2 months ago
let me tell you something FRANK LUCAS WAS A SNITCH but he was in the game i hope his life is better after this dirty drug money shit !!!!!!!!
joekelmen 2 months ago
Most Entrepreneur are killers. If You are rich chances are, a lot of people are dying, I'm just saying. America was was founded on killing for power. Now most whites are independent because of it. All drugs aside, Lucas was a smart guy. You can learn from him, Especially minorities. Like get your own connections, cut out the middle men, and create your own business.
Wardfolio 3 months ago 2
@Wardfolio
Most entrepreneur's don't actually kill people for money. That would be horrible. If by kill you mean, basically, render ineffective or win over, yeah a lot of entrepreneurs do that.
But this is the 21st century. Killing is totally wrong.
tubub 3 months ago
1 milion a day LOL
Spinebreaker666 3 months ago
Denzel is My Nigga But It Seems Like He is Actually Admiring Frank Lucas, Whom is A Dirty Killer... I'm Just Saying
yeuuuuu 4 months ago
@yeuuuuu judging by the way the movie portrays him, he was practically an underground genius and only exploited and murdered scumbags anyway and how can you not admire him when youve got the smoothest actor around playing his role... just saying
keza121 4 months ago
im related to frank lucas not lieing im zyair lucas and my dad told me
nigastorm 4 months ago
@nigastorm NO ONE CARES
SuperRealz 4 months ago
damn if he was making a mil per day he could buy almost anything he wanted.
dmcmichael88 4 months ago
thank you dislikers, for lighting up our like-dislike joint with a nice cherry.
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xXKhaoticRinoXx 5 months ago
denzel is the best!!
GhostRyder443 5 months ago 2
Denzel is the best !!!
MITCHEL747 5 months ago
all about the connect.
cash5177 6 months ago
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Best movie ever just watched it
dop3boii187 6 months ago
Fucking Epic! I'd give anything to have glimpse into the real-life of Frank Lucas back in the day. - My Man
adman240 6 months ago
wo u r present?.....ME
jackbinh 6 months ago
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jackbinh 6 months ago
All about real , Rap is angel...because any want he want 2 feel a real truth ,gieving..to be her with Generation they belive in change ...Music Industry can mean soming commercail , Educaed , is not just music ,....is not one think..we need that to be done....Global hip-Hop Culture ..is just about Thanking
Susawi 8 months ago
naa he sold it double the strength of the competition at half the price, he didn't sell it pure, if people shot up with 100% pure they would OD.
bristolhorsey 8 months ago
a great man
DONALD3764 8 months ago
great man
DONALD3764 8 months ago
that chinese dude was a great actor...and I can tell that Denzell is uncomfortable that the perception might exist that he is glorifying a reprobate drug kingpin like Frank Lucas...this movie is part of why Russell Crowe is my favorite actor...he kicked ass here...Josh Brolin did great too...this movie would have been better with more period music...soul hits from the late '60s and early '70s..
XxowendanxX 8 months ago
1 of frank lucas son is my brother
bishop49bad 9 months ago
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TheDave5721 10 months ago
God bless you Dencel Washington
lippschitz10 10 months ago
If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
Rayman77792 10 months ago
people make there own discussions not me you or people like lucas, so grow up and face the heat.
cock suckers!!!!
poeskop41 10 months ago
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he brought his whole family into the business and snitched them out when he got caught.....MY MAN
coakleyjnr 10 months ago
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coakleyjnr 10 months ago
it just amazes me that we make movies and glorify people who are murderers, drug dealers, the scum of the earth. yet we dont do give 2 shits about the teachers, doctors, and the people who actually do something positive for the world... this man did nothing but ruin countless lives and make profit off their pain and addiction...
Gallooch25 10 months ago
@Gallooch25 your a fucking idiot...its a movie ass nuts.
pwj86772 10 months ago
@pwj86772 apparently ur a fucking idiot "ass nuts"... thats the point, this man is a low life piece of shit and yet we go ahead and make him a fucking celebrity and make what he did look cool. This movie is another example of why kids grow up and think its cool to e thugs and gangbangers. This man basically is the reason Harlem is what it is today, yet he's a celebrity now... its societal bullshit. And who the fuck says ass nuts, grow the fuck up!
Gallooch25 10 months ago
@Gallooch25 wow way to write a fucking novel shakespeare
pwj86772 10 months ago
@pwj86772 good comeback faggot
Gallooch25 10 months ago
@Gallooch25 even to become a drug dealer nd a murderer like he was you need to be good at it, u need to have brains, and know the game! and ppl glorifyed frank cause he (a single man) had the balls and the brain to do and to accomplished what no italian mafia (more then 100 guyz) could do. so, they are not glorying the murderz and all that shiit. ppl r surprised by wat these man did back then! EXAMPLE. everybody respects bim laden, not cause he killed ppl, but cause he neva got caught! got it?
rappersouthside 10 months ago
@rappersouthside yeah because those are all great things... ru fucking kidding me, he was gret at killing people, getting millions addicted to heroin, and snitching out everyone he worked with... real respectable guy there, we should make a fucking movie about him but not about someone who actually helped our society. And name me one person who respects Bin Laden... NOBODY RESPECTS BIN LADEN! u r a fucking idiot for real...
Gallooch25 10 months ago
@Gallooch25 If nobody respected Bin Laden he wouldn't have had the power and impact he had. I'm just saying step away from your view point and just look at it from the other side
Missleanneiscool 8 months ago
My favourite actor by far
ryant1993 11 months ago 61
@ryant1993 nice speeling.
stud507 1 week ago
I love how this black man condones Lucas's motive's of selling a black community killing drug of his own people to the black community of Harlem and beyond. Who cares if he handed out turkeys if one is responsible for destroying an entire borough of the largest city in American. This man should never be celebrated. He's responsible for multiple murders, yet walks free. The nation should have the same system as Texas. This murderer should be long dead.
manmanguy 11 months ago
@manmanguy If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
Rayman77792 10 months ago
@manmanguy whos celebrating what he did? its a fucking movie, thats all it is. Its a story about how one man changed the way new york was looked at in the 60s-70s. never ONCE did anyone say this was a movie to celebrate frank lucas' life. its a biopic MOVIE, so quit your bitching
Sportingista18 10 months ago
My Man
djkevintheymvp 1 year ago 136
@djkevintheymvp
Soul Brother.
The7legacy 4 months ago 3
@djkevintheymvp its MA not MY .... MA MAN ! :)
lucabaracuda987 4 weeks ago
anyone know the song that comes in when the movie trailer starts??
NeverForgetDilla 1 year ago
Anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?
CRISTIIAN01 1 year ago
@CRISTIIAN01
jay z - blue magic
shaka111222111 1 year ago
thats the fucking man there
hectorneg1 1 year ago
Selling it 2 or 3 % pure ? I thought "Blue Magic" was sold almost pure ? Even uncut. That's why he had success and put the competition out of business.
samy310383 1 year ago 3
denzel wanshigton is my brother very nice movie from saudi arabia
djromancia98 1 year ago
this guy is my hero
rockystyle91 1 year ago
i love the part where its like "man wat ya gonna do?" head shot then he just walks back in ans says "where was i" like he didnt just blow a guys fuckin head off
lordkomodo123 1 year ago
@lordkomodo123
yea, and then the faces of his brother, they where like ´holy shit´
ghaha i also love that part
Asuleno 1 year ago
my man haha
MARSHALL740 1 year ago
@lipsodent Denzel co-signs a fraud...Frank Lucas never transported or organized the transportation of heroin from thailand... heroin was never transported in the coffins of american soldiers...coffins are usually accompanied by an officer in the military until in reaches the care of the family...stop supporting rats...it's bad enough he caused the destruction of so many people...but he's a rat..fraud... research sergeant smack for the real info
blackandnobel 1 year ago
@blackandnobel Didn't he have connects with military leaders?
antigoniem06 1 year ago
This movie was great nonetheless. I think Ridley Scott perfectly captured not only the life of Frank Lucas but the gritty state of New York City and Harlem in the early 1970s
Posmeallie 1 year ago
Denzel Washington is such an amazing actor. You can really tell that he's researched this role (Frank Lucas) inside and out.
The real Frank Lucas, however, just like every other mob drug lord/mafia member that's existed in American history, was a worthless scumbag and a piece of shit. Just because he rose from rags to riches doesn't make him a hero. He made a living inspiring terror, aggression, and violence in people, and he's an embarrassment to America's values.
Posmeallie 1 year ago
@Posmeallie Drugs are obviously apart of America's values sad as it is
sandrock21 1 year ago
@Posmeallie fuck u niqqa
Roman5man1 1 year ago
@Posmeallie "mob drug lord/mafia member that's existed in American history, was a worthless scumbag and a piece of shit." The prosecutors and the FBI said "If those guys weren't criminals (Luciano, Lansky) , they could have been CEO of General motors" To go to Taiwan without knowing the local mob and trying to make connections by himself as a black man in an hostile environment: that's what I call courage and intelligence. Not a hero, a criminal, a bad man but a genious criminal ! :p
samy310383 1 year ago
@samy310383 your wrong, he had a very good friend that was in the army stationed in Taiwan at the time that's how he was able to bring all the heroin back...Through the help of his friend and other crooked soldiers at that time they were able to put the heroin in coffins of dead soldiers coming back to the U.S. The Movie "American Gangster" wasn't allowed to portray the U.S. army as having crooked soldiers so in the movie they played it out that he went in there alone for 2 months.Do RESEARCH!
sbkid23 1 year ago
@sbkid23 What the fuck ?!! Did you watch the movie ? The US soldiers were actually portrayed as junkies getting high and banging the asian hoes and the other ones were corrupted assholes who allowed hiding the yeyo within the coffins ! and we even see Lucas paying them directly ! You didn't even watch the movie and you talk about it and you telling me to do some research ? lol Just like Denzell and wikipedia say about it, he went to Thailand to buy directly from the source !!
samy310383 1 year ago
@samy310383 I'm not saying you can't admire his courage and intelligence, but plenty of famous (or even non-famous) people have had courage and intelligence without it involving single-handedly destroying communities, nonchalantly shooting people in broad daylight, and burning people alive.
Posmeallie 1 year ago
@Posmeallie If you recognize some sens of courage and intelligence, I guess you can't say "piece of shit" like a real piece of shit pimp or basic dumbshit dealer. The way I see it, it's destroying junkies or drug addicts , nonchalantly shooting the local crime boss who had it coming. Burning alive some other gangster ! Do you think regular people like you and I would be burning on that chair ?
samy310383 1 year ago
@samy310383 thats because he still had respect for other ones as long they respect him
nathansev 1 year ago
@Posmeallie
Now what exactly is America's values?
I came with a ship,killed the natives,and started to build houses,that's it in a short draw,you call your selves a nation when actually it's just people who have so many different types of blood that god him self wouldn't be able to recognize each one of you.
Stories and tales like the one of Frank Lucas is what gives United States at least some kind of face.
No offense,i like states,i have been in states,but that's a fact.
Bastacat 1 year ago
@Bastacat SO true. i mean, blowing up hundreds of thousands of innocent japaneses for a test, and I didn´t even got started on the terror that the government of the US submits the world every single decade.. pretty much looks like frank lucas.
UchihaKatsuke 1 year ago
@Posmeallie Frank Lucas wasn' t similar with the average drug lord,
yes he was hard but he was also very discipline and an intellegent businessman
caring for his loved ones and family.
youngnigerian 1 year ago
@youngnigerian no, his story was definitely an interesting one, and he was disciplined, intelligent, and caring towards his family, but that doesn't take away from all the nasty shit he did. the problem wasn't that he did stuff that was illegal... the problem was that he destroyed his community with drugs, shot people in broad daylight, and burned people alive. no one should admire a person like that.
Posmeallie 1 year ago
@Posmeallie get real
trevisfat 1 year ago
@Posmeallie SO TRUE
20kevron 1 year ago
@Posmeallie well if you asked the indians you might get an opinion.
dieguetti24 1 year ago
this guys is good. My Man.
attackonh3 1 year ago
American Gangster is misleading and Frank Lucas is a fraud... he never went to Thailand himself...and he did have a connect...Ike Atkinson...he did 32 yrs in prison for transporting heroin, over 400 million worth ...and he was released 2yrs ago at 83... he was the #1 supplier... and he wasn't a snitch... Frank was a flunky... The rats always get out early and have the story to tell...read up and get the true history of Real African American gangsters... read Sergeant Smack by Ron Chepesiuk
blackandnobel 1 year ago
@blackandnobel really? interesting
lipsodent 1 year ago
Frank Lucas was a wankster
DUBSAC 1 year ago
this guy was smart but y do black ppl praise him when hes the one who fucked up yalls race
olivers097 1 year ago
MADEINSONY84 SHUT THE F UP YOU AINT NO NIGGER IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS ACTING NOT WHAT FRANK LUCAS DID OR STOOD FOR BUT THE ACTUAL ACTING BY DENZEL IS OSCAR WINNING MY MAN
MrBaptist001 1 year ago
what is this movie called?
benquan231 1 year ago
@benquan231 tha nika that sell heroin by hes own people and get rich
williams5885 1 year ago
a million a day?
WHAT!?
Note to self...download this movie.
zephyrtube 1 year ago
@zephyrtube not bad huh?
lordkomodo123 1 year ago
Frank Lucas and Al Capone were the smartest, most successful, and most notorious gangsters America will ever see!!
TonyGonzo1988 1 year ago
@TonyGonzo1988 and Nicky Barnes
Swinger69er 1 year ago
what song is that one?????
i´m looking for the song that is played in the end of THIS video!!!
it´s so fucking AMAZING man!
please! i need it!!
gatiLLooo 1 year ago
@gatiLLooo its Aint No Love In Harlem city and i love it too
daijonfatt 1 year ago
great, ass-kicking performance by denzel washington: Nr. 37
f4r0uq1988 1 year ago
Denzel washington! Just the name is cool! he is one of the best actors there is.
gramel123 1 year ago
make a movie punjabii gangsterrrr....wah frank lucas did ...indianz frm canadaa did morr
NyJaTtDA 1 year ago
What the hell did he mean by 100% pure? Some drugs aren't pure?
craiggowan 1 year ago
@craiggowan hes talking about synthetic drugs weed is obviously gonna be pure cuz its a plant but something like ecstasy is made in a factory and it can vary in pureness.
phuphroo 1 year ago
ack ack in the end he was only a nigger and niggers will always be niggers.
Knasterreal1 1 year ago
@Knasterreal1 racist much?
phuphroo 1 year ago
wow, I can't belive my eyes. Why are people glorifing dope dealers. We are suppose to be againct this. Jesus hates people that destroy other poeple
Kaz10005 1 year ago
@Kaz10005 i hate people who impose their religious beliefs on others but i agree that its wrong to be glorifying this shit
phuphroo 1 year ago
@phuphroo That sounds like a serious rejection of Jesus
Kaz10005 1 year ago
@Kaz10005 you sound like a serious rejection of intelligence lol
phuphroo 1 year ago
@phuphroo What does that suppose to mean? Clearly you commented on how you hate people talking to you about christ, because you want to live the way you want, NOT the way the bible says.Remember the bible isn't a book its a person. A person named JESUS
Kaz10005 1 year ago
@Kaz10005 i hope ur joking and that ur not one of those insane fundamentalists...
phuphroo 1 year ago
@phuphroo ONE thing is to be a fanatic a complete other to know christ
Kaz10005 1 year ago
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@Kaz10005 the power of christ compels you!
phuphroo 1 year ago
@Kaz10005: No the bible is a book. If you don't know I feel sorry for you. YOU don't know Christ because Christ was a) probably not even real, b) dead way before you were born.
HispanicIsNotARace1 1 year ago
@Kaz10005 What is your argument? I can give you scriptures but you say you hate Christ. So wahts next for you ONLY GOD kknows
Kaz10005 1 year ago
amazing movie
aboo00oode992 1 year ago
the council aint nothin compared to the drug cartels of mexico
TheLatinSensation69 1 year ago
its funny how Denzel played a hard line boxer named rubin carter who had never commited a crime and he spent about 22 years in jail, then Denzel played Frank, who had commited so many crimes and only spent about 5 years in jail, can anyone else see he irony in that?
MrFootscrazy3011 1 year ago
this is all bullshit nicky barnes ran Harlem Denzel washington doesnt know shit about the council
skate4food11 1 year ago
@skate4food11 though you may think that, you can't hold Denzel accountable for his resources. Seeing that frank lucas and barnes were rivals Lucas expanded his connections to southeast Asia where he got it pure. Now you may say Barnes ran harlem but Lucas' was pure. This is from reading both of their biographies (Barnes' book)
tyranashaeTV 1 year ago
Anybody knows the song playing in the end of the video?
Aurusko 1 year ago
MY MAN MY MAN I LOVE THE WAY HE SSAYS THAT , SOUL BROTHERS
DENZEL MY MAN LOL
wiley12aka 1 year ago
my fav, white actor is clint eastwood . my fav. black actor denzel washington. my mann
NLglennNL 1 year ago
Denzel Played his part to a point no one could have played it that good but him
tmoney289 1 year ago
It's the best movie of that year and its in top 5 of that decade
LithuanianMC 1 year ago
This man is an amazing actor. Incredible.
hitmancoolio 1 year ago 24
he may have been a good man, but he made money from killing people, and not just any people, poor people too!
roomfactor 1 year ago
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frank lucas was a little bitch.
he'd get his slapped up in the westcoast, thats why weak niggers like him were successful in NY. Can't cut it elsewhere.
Jamzkangster 1 year ago
Really great film!
EchoBoomer1987 1 year ago
uhm did he say he was making a million dollars a day himself holy baby jesus thats alot of money
jamestaggreen 1 year ago
wait, stop everything!! i have to say something!!!!
: I like American Gangster xD
firelord9000 1 year ago
That muthafucker sold drugs PERIOD... Killed people (mainly blacks) for his lifestyle. Fuck how he did it, how keen or bold he was and all of this shyt. THATS IRRELEVANT!!!!
underground27 1 year ago 2
@underground27 i dont think he killed anybody by sellin drugs ,they killed them selves
Silenz1oStampa 1 year ago 2
underground27 u shuld shut the fk up so u a HATER get lost and to all you who disrespect any of the game or anything anyone doe to get paid acting slangin whatever!! get paid get paid get paid YOU HATER are not pying any of our bills BITCH get at me im HAZZARD
Hazzard17able 1 year ago
Sad. Fuck a Frank Lucas and all those gangstas!THE REAL STORY.During that time black folks were more united with each other,organizing black movements, strong and progressive but white folks brought this LUCAS and heroin in to put that shyt out in the streets to destroy black folks. And he looked up to this MF?!! DENZEL...HE HELPED DESTROY YOUR PEOPLE! And you probably feel honored just like you did when they gave you a grammy for Training Day (playing a dirty black cop) too huh? Smh.
underground27 1 year ago
your a blatant hater you are greeeeen with envy hate that you have to work so hard boy? well we all do one way or another Denzel earns his money so where the fk is ur prob????aint nothins SAD ABOUT IT!!!!
Hazzard17able 1 year ago
you respect him as a _usinessman? Then go sell dope & kill people!
You need partners to make it _ig? Wow these mindsets are very limiting... Money's so easy to make, all you have to do is _elieve it, you dont have to drug or kill any_ody, and as for requiring the cooperation of others to make it _ig, I recommend looking in the mirror on that one. That's the only person you need cooperation from.
brettg82au 1 year ago 3
i can get with that but sometimes yu get too hungry and trying to do things legit can be limiting to some folk hey lets talk about the price you pay to drive in california we have to make choices sometimes its buy peanut butter and jelly or pay the damn car insurance!! fk this shit im hungry!!!!!
Hazzard17able 1 year ago
thanks a lot CRhawkeye06..
massacamusicGmbH 1 year ago
lol @ all the jealous assholes in here talking adown on a real American hustla. For all of yall ignorant assholes that don't know -this is how America was built. There's nothing in this movie that compares to the real hustle that went into creating this great nation. Get a grip haters or suck the BIG one lol........peace!
The Real Frank White
MaddensRaiders 1 year ago
only in america..
internetTOUGHGUY1000 1 year ago
I HAVE GOT ONE QUESTION..
Whats the title of the song in the trailer, so I mean in the backround after 4:20 minutes ???
Help please..
massacamusicGmbH 1 year ago
i think it's Ain't No Love (In the hear of the city) - Jay Z.
CRhawkeye06 1 year ago
i tell you dude.
Jay Z - Heart of City (Ain't no Love)
i luv dat song to.
theRam95 1 year ago
but it was cool tho cuss the film went after the cops too the ones that was corrupt,,,so Frank Lucas wasnt a pimp he was just watchin the hoes for the real pimp Uncle Sam
Ibalon2012 1 year ago
This bitch sole drugs and kill his own people, half of the movie was BS. He did more terrible stuff to people then what the movie show. Turkey to the homeless? LOL and he got off because he was a rat! He ratted out everyone not just the cops! Everyone!
WOW a asshole who sell drugs, kill people, and bragg about it get a movie glorifying him like some kind of street hero! ROFL
I guess this is call "THE AMERICAN DREAMS" where killers & drugs dealer can be worshipped. This is just sad!
LatinTaco4u 1 year ago
i agree with you. what really pissed me off was the nude girls that were there for no reason.
eckosama 1 year ago
they're naked so they can't steal
TheRusFranc 1 year ago
i knew that. it still disgusts me.
eckosama 1 year ago
but amado carillo fuentes is hooked up with family & other people...Frank Lucas was his own man
footsagogo 1 year ago
@footsagogo It is well known that you, need partners to make it big. And family members are the only ones you can trust. Frank Lucas also had a council. But his is pre-school compared to Amado Carillo's. If Frank Lucas is the "American gangster" Amado Carillo is the "International Gangster" And you dont see them making a lame movie about him.
HustleHardCesar 1 year ago
@footsagogo just like hustlehard said u need family and friends to succeed. u cant just be some geek off the street like frank lucas, i bet u he had friends in the game. amado also had plenty of people working under and for him. did frank lucas own planes, no if anything he had a huffy or rollerskates
TheLatinSensation69 1 year ago
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@footsagogo just like hustlehard said you need family and friends to make it, you can't just be some geek off the street like frank lucas. amado had numerous people working under him and for him. did frank lucas own a fleet of planes like amado carillo? no if anything frank lucas owned a huffy or rollerskates.
TheLatinSensation69 1 year ago
I agree Amado Carrillo makes this guy look like a joke. Did frank lucas ever own planes????no. Amado Carrillo is the lord of the skies. He had a fleet of planes
HustleHardCesar 1 year ago
@HustleHardCesar Frank Lucas > Guido's
VolcardoReviewer 1 year ago
You're right he didn't... but he could have! He was makin' at one point about 1 million dollars a day for a very long period of time... And this is a man that grew up in the ghetto! I don't respect him as a drug dealer, I respect him as a business man
CRhawkeye06 1 year ago
5/5 one of the best gangsters movie
2008einstein2009 1 year ago
He did what he HD to do to get paid and support his family just because people on the street was on his drug isn't his fault it wad that indivduals fault there's drugs going through my streets and deAlers out my door as we speak that doesn't make me dumb enough to go buy so don't ble him for all those addicts n shit. He Didnt force no one to buy his products and he made millions just like mcdonalds ain't forcing a fat person to buy that burger it's that indibiduLs finAl choice
dre19872005 1 year ago
Frank lucas is a black hearted asshole.There is a special place in hell for this piece of shit........good movie though!!!
isdfgbsdf 2 years ago
It was a good movie...but Amado Carrillo Fuentes makes Franks Lucas earnings look like chump change lol
ramirofromdtown 2 years ago
he was selling heroin to his own people, to his own community. it's easy to glorify him from a distance, but what if your father or brother was an heroin addict and your sister his hooker?
madeinsony84 2 years ago 37
thats the same thing i was saying. I look at these things to learn to not repeat the same mistake they've made. Thats why rappers like rick ross need to tell a story of the pit falls of drugs instead of glorifying it.
MrJamell21 2 years ago
@madeinsony84 i agree but at the same time....have you heard his story straight from his mouth...about how he even got to Harlem...he came from the South...his cousin got a shotgun shoved in his mouth and they blew the trigger...and that was for "reckless eye ballin"...that's staring at a white woman. If i saw that when i was 6 yrs old...what the fuck would i care about some dope fiends that are gonna shoot up anyway? He literally came to harlem with NOTHING man.
feseveri1911 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 no1 has ever forced any1 to take drugs its a personal decision. Dont judge people so easily. why dont they ban alcohol?
kokomal1 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 : If your father is a heroin addict and a your sister is a hooker --- those are decisions made by their own voalition (IE: IT IS THIER RESPONSIBILITY for choosing their lifestyle) Remember: Frank never forced anyone to work for him, he was just taking care of #1, himself. Just like anyone would do. Capiche?
alanbrit 1 year ago 16
@alanbrit so is that a Excuse for what Frank did????
MrFootscrazy3011 1 year ago
@MrFootscrazy3011: Nope. No excuse. Just that I think ANYONE (including you and me) would have chosen that lifestyle if no other option seemed possible. I never blame anyone for trying to take care of themselves and reach the top by any means --- He was just as ambitious as bill gates, just that his "means" to get successful happened on the streets instead of the board-room. Gotta admire that kind of gusto.
alanbrit 1 year ago
@alanbrit just let 2 u know 1 more thing alot of kids r born into familys with crack addicted parents, so did they choose that?
MrFootscrazy3011 1 year ago
@MrFootscrazy3011 : Nope. Millions of people are born into families that are so dirt poor -- the roof is literally 'barely hanging', not to mention majority of the world lives on less than $1 PER DAY. So no, none of these people chose their circumstances (just as you or me did not -- at least initially when we were born) But ULTIMATELY everyone has the freedom to choose what they want to do in life -- ESPECIALLY in the U.S.
alanbrit 1 year ago
@alanbrit it's capisci?not capiche
topperharley822 1 year ago
@topperharley822 : HA! Yea, the formal word is capisci -- I am just a avid fan of slang :)
alanbrit 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 ...and if he decided he was to stop selling H......the same people would have got it somewhere else......after all he was'nt forcing people to buy it.
ProperStuff 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 then thats what they get. I hate it when people call drug addiction a disease. PLease whores and Junkies. Get some will power. O and just in-case you say something like. You do not know how it is. MY sis is going on 7 years meth addict. She is no longer spoken of.
TheJuiceObox 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 what if u are his hooker? we can never know
Mario94177 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 your right he should have not sold it all. But the italians would just sell it to the community or any other race for that fact.
rowempire 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 I think he was a smart mother fucker. I'm Sicilian and cosa nostra controlled junk through the French connection until he came along. Besides, people use narcotic whether they are illegal or not. He simply seized an opportunity that the mafia missed out on. Well, until he got pinched. Then the Sicilians got the heroin import business from the American Italian Mafia and took it over.
guitarthroat 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 Then they're idiots...Im sorry but frank was a BUSY intelligent man... the SUCKAS are the buyers and the addicts...the ones enjoying lifestyles are the SELLERS! "never get high on your own supplys" asshole!
elchessboy0wnzuagain 1 year ago
@madeinsony84 Dont hate the player, hate the game.
munzerxo 1 year ago
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@madeinsony84 If this black man didnt sell it to black people then some white man probably would have sold it to them. I don't condone his actions but I am saying that drugs will be sold not matter what, he just decided to get in on the action. If no one took drugs then there would be no one to sell them.
Rayman77792 10 months ago