Universal’s “American Gangster” by director Ridley Scott totally rocked the box office this weekend, taking in 46.3 million during its record breaking opening weekend. Not only did the film do well at the box office, but it also scored high with many film critics. Here’s what they had to say.

“An intelligent, well-made and seductive movie”, says Richard Schickel from TIME Magazine.

“There is not one dull or inauthentic moment in this film”, says Richard Roeper.

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.

American gangster stars academy award winners Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Cuba Gooding Jr. Watch the official American Gangster featurette HERE and while your at it, be sure to check out the official trailer HERE.