Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Armand Assante, Carla Gugino, Chance Kelly, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Common, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, Idris Elba, Joe Morton, John Hawkes, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, KaDee Strickland, Kathleen Garrett, Kevin Corrigan, Larry Mitchell, Lymari Nadal, Malcolm Goodwin, Ritchie Coster, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Skyler Fortgang, T.I., Ted Levine, Yul Vazquez
Plot
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.