I watched American Gangster last night.
It was OK, except WAY too long and it spent a bunch of time trying to make (Mr. Over-fucking-rated) Russell Crowe's character seem flawed. I also think they went a bit far with his "I have flaws but when it comes to being a cop, I always do the right thing and never take bribes or anything". Yeah, whatever.
It basically jumped from the exciting, fast paced drug world to boring family court and other scenes that overall didn't contribute to the movie every 30 mins. All in all, half of that movie could have been cut and it felt like they extended Russell Crowe's character's part just to make the part justifiable (read: long enough) for him to play it.
His accent was shithouse too.
It was an OK two-and-a-half hour film. Could have been an amazing 1-hour-45-min film.