Truth is stranger than fiction. Oscar-winner Ridley Scott directs this powerful epic based on true events, set in early 1970s New York. The film tells the story of two men on opposite sides of the law: heroin kingpin Frank Lucas and uncompromising police officer Richie Roberts, on their journey towards an inevitable confrontation.
Denzel Washington delivers a chillingly stylish performance as Frank Lucas, who rises from Harlem to become a underworld kingpin by bypassing traditional Mafia families and importing drugs directly from Vietnam. His counterpart is Russell Crowe, an honest but ostracized detective who makes it his life's mission to expose Lucas's empire and the corruption surrounding it.
