When Denzel Met Russell (Again)

American Gangster is out on DVD today – and I can’t wait to go home and watch this film, one of the most celebrated of last year.

Denzel Washington plays a real-life drug lord who smuggled heroin into Harlem during the 1970s by hiding the stash inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.

Russell Crowe plays the detective who brings him to justice.

The two Oscar winners have shared the big screen before – in 1995’s Virtuosity – but this, I understand, is the first time they’ve truly ignited it together.

Plus, I’m dying to be blown away by Ruby Dee’s Academy Award-nominated performance.

Photo: Universal Pictures.