WHAT'S IT ABOUT? True story of mega-loaded drug dealer Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington). Corrupt cops, heroin-filled coffins, opium-factory shootouts and gangland reprisals all find space in this realistic look at a drug-flooded Harlem in the 1970s.

ANY GOOD? Oh yes. Ridley Scott has made the best film of the year. This hammers along at a breathless pace and style we've not seen since Goodfellas.

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