First Midnight Movie

Being brought up as cinderalla...not that i am pretty or have to slog at home with the housework but more clearly is that having protective mum means that i have to reach home before 12 midnight during my younger days. It is only starting from the past few years back, my protective mum finally remove the curfew though she still do call and nag at us when it reaches 11+.

As per my previous post, i have been hanging out lately with my ex-P&Gers and everytime it lasted overnight or till early next morning. Hence, our gathering ended the same yesterday with me watching my first ever midnight movie (American Gangster)...quite surprise hor to watch the first mignight only at the age of 27.

Storyline:

Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brain Grazer, Steven Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story of a cult figure from the streets of 1970s Harlem in Amercian Gangster.

Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Oscar winner Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city’s leading black crime bosses. Bt when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city’s mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.

Richie Roberts (Oscar winner Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of conrol in the drug underworld. Roberts believes some is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.

After Thoughts:

Considering I watch this movie at 1145pm and this show lasted a whole 2 hr 27 mins, it is still a good and straight-forward movie. Though i will say that at the middle, it was kind of slow for me. Certain scences is very like the Hong kong Movie - 门徒 so if you like 门徒 or like me enjoy those movie based on true story, American Gangster is one you should'nt missed.

For more information on the real story of Frank Lucas, visit http://nymag.com/nymag/features/3649/.

Look out for more updates from our next gathering which is happening next friday at Dempsey Hill.