Also Known As: The Return of Superfly Tru Blu
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Biopic
Release Date: November 2nd, 2007 (wide)
Distributors: Universal Pictures Distribution
U.S. Box Office: $130,127,620
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Common , Ted Levine
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Synopsis :
Based on the life of drug-kingpin-turned-informant, Frank Lucas, who grew up in segregated North Carolina where he watched as his cousin was shot by the Klan for looking at a white girl. He eventually made his way to Harlem where he became a heroin kingpin by traveling to Asia's Golden Triangle to make connections, shipping heroin back to the US in the coffins of soldiers killed in Vietnam. He soon made upwards of one million dollars a day in drug sales. Lucas was shadowed by lawman, Richie Roberts, who finally helped bring the kingpin to justice. The two then worked together to expose the crooked cops and foreign nationals who made importing heroin so easy.
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