Here's a movie that nearly never was. With a troubled history of poor scripts, it nearly didn't see the light of day. Originally penned to star Benicio Del Toro and Denzel Washington with Antoine Fuqua to direct, Universal shelved it with only a month to go before shooting. That was back in 2004. Now, its alive again, but minus Benicio. Instead, it will star Denzel Washington as originally planned, and along side him, the angry brooder, Russel Crowe. But, and here's the real kicker, to helm the flick this time round, we've got Ridley Scott. Scrumptious!
Its the story of a Harlem Heroin dealer who figures out a scam to smuggle heroin into America in the coffins of dead Vietnam soldiers. The rise of a gangster. Yeh I know, we've seen it all before, but I honestly think that this one might have the edge on so many flawed gangster flicks. Latino Review have a very interesting script review posted at the moment. I urge you to go check it out HERE
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