From 1968 until Frank Lucas' arrest in 1975, this operation generated over $400 million. soldiers, hollowed out furniture, and sewed false bottoms in bags in order to smuggle heroin into the U.S. Ike had recruited hundreds of soldiers to help transport millions of dollars worth of heroin into the U.S. In Thailand, Ike could buy a kilo of heroin for $4,000 and sell it in the States for $100,000. However, the film doesn't tell you that Frank Lucas essentially worked for a retired Vietnam Army sergeant named Leslie "Ike" Atkinson. Lucas was in charge of the operation in the capital, and the smuggling methods used in the film are for the most part, true. The film American Gangster accurately depicted how Frank Lucas made tens of millions of dollars smuggling heroin from Asia to New York. After Bumpy Johnson's death, Lucas assumed power and set out to create his own empire, free from the constraints of the Italian mafia. In addition, Lucas impressed the Godfather of Harlem, Bumpy Johnson, who took Lucas under his wing further cementing his place in the world of organized crime and establishing a link with the Italian mafia. Four shots to the head proved his intention and granted street credibility. Lucas publicly killed Tango in a fierce display of power.
The murder of Tango ( Idris Elba) gave us the initial insight into the brutal nature Lucas, a barbaric killing that actually occurred. Lucas operated on fear, and as we came to find out at the beginning of the film, he wasn't afraid to execute those who stood in his way. The infamous "Blue Magic" was distributed throughout New York and beyond under the control of Lucas and his gang, including his 17-year-old nephew. To some extent, the film painted an accurate picture of who Frank Lucas was, and how his empire came to be. The truth behind the terror will only enliven the story and give light to how one man once ruled New York's heroin industry. However, it was not the dramatized elements that proved most horrifying, but the truth itself. Russell Crowe played Richie Roberts, the detective fundamental to the downfall of Lucas, who later befriended the feared kingpin. Scott retold the shocking tale of notorious Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas, played by the peerless Washington. In 2007, director Ridley Scott joined forces with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe to create one of the greatest crime movies of all time, American Gangster.
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