# American Gangster **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881 "2007-11-01T15:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/21 "2007-11-13T20:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=aliquot] Any chance you could list them? I love crime films, but haven’t done much moviegoing this year. Thanks! [/QUOTE] In alphabetical order: _Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Eastern Promises Gone Baby Gone Hot Fuzz In the Valley of Elah The Lookout Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men We Own the Night Zodiac_ ---
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/22 "2007-11-13T20:22:14Z")
Did you guys notice The RZA’s Wu-Tang tattoo? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/23 "2007-11-13T20:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] [Metacritic](http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/americangangster) has it at 80 and Rotten Tomatoes at 82. I’d say it’s on the top of my list for Friday’s openings, except another [little old crime movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292963/) is opening with even higher marks (87 on MC, 86 on RT). [/QUOTE] Second link doesn’t work–which movie? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/24 "2007-11-13T20:55:43Z")
[QUOTE=teemingONE] Did you guys notice The RZA’s Wu-Tang tattoo? [/QUOTE] **beams proudly** Yes! I noticed it right away. I had done zero research on the movie, so I didn’t know he was going to be in the film. I heard a guy in the theater say, "hey! That guy’s got the Wu ‘W’ ". Haaa! he said it as if the director had just made a mistake and forgot to edit out some guys rap tatoo. I think Rza’s beats are the best, bar none, in the hip-hop industry, and his lyrical skills are unique and very good, but god help him, _he cannot act._ ---
**Author:** ![aliquot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@aliquot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliquot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/25 "2007-11-13T23:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] In alphabetical order: _Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Eastern Promises Gone Baby Gone Hot Fuzz In the Valley of Elah The Lookout Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men We Own the Night Zodiac_ [/QUOTE] Thanks! I have heard of most of these, but have seen absolutely zero of them. Gotta get crackin’! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/26 "2007-11-14T06:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=teemingONE] Did you guys notice The RZA’s Wu-Tang tattoo? [/QUOTE] I did not recognize the dude, but I did recognize the tattoo. I have to say, after reading about cars and telephones and whatnot being out of place, I still hardly noticed. I didn’t even see that Japanese car. Now, if there was a huge billboard for Intel CPUs onscreen for a full minute that would be another matter. Oh, and the correct term is “anachronism”. A continuity error would be if that fancy fur coat or Shelby had turned up again after they were destroyed, for example. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881/27 "2007-11-14T17:39:18Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Second link doesn’t work–which movie? [/QUOTE] Sorry. [**Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292963/) (which is, indeed, terrific). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-gangster/424881.md?page=1)