American Gangster (2007)

ITV4, 10.00PM

Denzel Washington is imperious as the Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas in Ridley Scott’s cocksure thriller. Charting Lucas’s domination of the heroin market during the Vietnam War and an investigation by honest cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), the film features an enthralling final face-off. Cuba Gooding Jnr and Chiwetel Ejiofor provide ample support.