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Synopsis: 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. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 35 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2007
157 min
$130,127,620
Website
3,243 Views


whatever that is.

Nigga, I'm talking about snakes.

Tigers, Vietcongs, mosquitos

that'll f***in kill your ass.

- You wanna go into the jungle?

- We're going.

- F*** it, let's go.

- We're going.

Why not?

Hey, Frank.

This whole spot's locked down

by the Kuomintang.

General Chang Kai Chek's

defeated army.

How would you get it into the States?

You ain't got to worry about that.

- Who do you work for in there?

- Don't worry about that either.

Who are you really?

Frank Lucas,

like it says on my passport.

- I mean, who you represent?

- Me.

You think you're going to take

a 100 kilos of heroin into the U.S.

and you don't work for anyone?

Someone's going to allow that?

That's right.

After this first purchase...

if you're not killed

by Marseilles importers...

or their people in the States...

then, what?

Then there'll be more, much more.

I guarantee you.

And if it's all the same to you, I don't

have to drag my ass here no more.

Of course not.

My man.

- Soul brothers?

- Soul brothers.

Fifty grand. It'll cover them,

the pilot and the boys on the other end.

Give them a hundred.

Fifty will cover it.

Give them a hundred, the whole thing.

And look.

That's all I got.

If that dope don't arrive,

for any reason...

Listen.

Cousin or no cousin,

I'm a busy man, all right?

I got no time to go

to nobody's funeral.

I'll let you know

when it's in the air.

My man.

Richie?

F***in guy made me,

don't know how he did,

but he did.

He went for his gun!

I had to do it, man!

A hundred people out there heard

the shot. You gotta help me,

you gotta do something!

Where are you, Jay?

That's the problem.

Dispatch, I got a 10-13.

I got a 10-13.

Copy that. What's your 20?

Tower 2.

Floor 1G.

Canton West, in the projects.

- Identify yourself, please.

- Detective Richard Roberts.

Negative, I got no units in that area.

Bullshit.

Please put the call out again.

I'll need assistance.

Det. Roberts, I got no units

in that area, that's a negative.

Why you goin' thru, motherf***er?

Be cool!

Be cool, all right?

I'll find out what's going on in here.

Richie.

Open the motherfuckin door!

Where's your backup ?

You got no backup?

Why is that?

Bandage his neck.

- Richie, he's dead.

- I know he's f***in dead, right?

Bandage his neck, clean up his head.

Prop him up on the gurney

so he's sittin,

and open his f***in eyes.

- All right? Let's go!

- F***.

OK, clean him up.

Give me your gun.

Your gun!

You have your badge?

You guys ready?

Just keep moving forward.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

It's OK!

Injured man coming out.

Step back.

Let them do their job.

He'll be all right.

Step back.

That's fine.

That's it.

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Steven Zaillian

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has also earned Oscar nominations for Awakenings, Gangs of New York and Moneyball. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company. more…

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