Content Warnings
Overall Severity: 🔴 85/100
Total warning time: 14m 45s
Sex/Nudity: 🟡 40/100 (1m 35s)
- 🟡 50/100 Brief scene with topless women in a nightclub.
- 🟡 30/100 Implied sexual activity, no explicit nudity shown.
Drug Use: 🔴 90/100 (5m 45s)
- 🔴 100/100 Characters shown using heroin, including injection.
- 🔴 90/100 Drug dealing and use of cocaine depicted.
- 🔴 95/100 Large-scale drug trafficking and use shown.
Violence: 🔴 80/100 (5m 15s)
- 🔴 85/100 Graphic shooting resulting in death.
- 🔴 75/100 Brutal beating scene with blood.
- 🔴 90/100 Multiple violent confrontations and shootings.
Strong Language: 🔴 70/100 (2m 10s)
- 🟡 60/100 Use of the F-word.
- 🔴 80/100 Multiple instances of strong language in a heated argument.
- 🔴 90/100 Frequent use of racial slurs and profanity.
Details for American Gangster (2007)
Who directed American Gangster (2007)?
American Gangster was directed by Ridley Scott.
What is the plot of American Gangster?
American Gangster is based on the true story of Frank Lucas, a Harlem drug lord who smuggled heroin into the United States by hiding it in the coffins of American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. The film follows Lucas's rise to power and the efforts of detective Richie Roberts to bring him to justice.
Who plays Frank Lucas in American Gangster?
Denzel Washington portrays Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord, in American Gangster.
Who plays Richie Roberts in the movie?
Russell Crowe plays Richie Roberts, the honest detective determined to take down Frank Lucas's drug empire.
Is American Gangster based on a true story?
Yes, American Gangster is loosely based on the real-life story of Frank Lucas and his drug empire in Harlem during the 1970s.
