Based on a true story, Universal Pictures39 American Gangster Blu ray Disc, directed by Ridley Scott, follows the efforts of a 197039s New Yorkpolice detective, Richie Roberts Russell Crowe, to take down a drugbaron who has amassed a large criminal and drug empire in Manhattan.Dealer Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, has found a unique wayof smuggling drugsfrom South East Asia into the US through the returning coffins of America39s fallensoldiers from Vietnam! In the adrenalin fuelled epic American Gangster,bothLucas and Roberts have a strict sense of honour and ethics thatseparates them from their own colleagues in the case of RichieRoberts, a corrupt squad. This makes them both isolated figures but onopposite sides of the law! The fate of these seemingly diverse figuresbecomes intertwined as they are plunged into a confrontation where onlyone of them can come out on top!