Russell Crowe plays Richie Roberts, a detective trying to track down and capture the gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington). Lucas has made his fortune by smuggling heroin into the USA on military planes servicing the Vietnam War.
The historical context is interesting and the film gets better as it progresses, but I found that the first half dragged. Crowe is always captivating, but Washington doesn’t boast the kind of charisma that his character would surely have needed to be such a powerful and controlling figure.
Not up to Ridley Scott’s usual levels of skilled storytelling.
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