Those who say that lightning doesn’t strike twice needs to think again. What Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe did back in 2000 with the Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator is set to be repeated again in 2007 with another star name attaching itself to the list. American Gangster, the movie that revolves around the real-life Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, has shot up to the top in the UK and Ireland charts after its opening weekend.
With Denzel Washington starring in the movie as Frank Lucas, the movie was expected to rock the UK and so far it has done exactly that. The movie is also expected to rack up Oscars in more than one category and Crowe, who plays the New Jersey policeman, is said to have displayed one of his best performance in the film.
The crime epic movie has been so liked by the British and Irish public that the movie that was previously at the pole position of the charts, Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie-featuing Beowolf, is not being considered to return back to the top for quite some time. Beowolf is now in second place.
Third in the UK and Irish charts is Ratatouille while Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust slipped from second to fourth in the charts. There is a considerable amount of joy for Bollywood fans also. The Shah Rukh Khan-starring Om Shanti Om finished in a brilliant 8th position in its second week and this demonstrates the increasing rise of popularity of Bollywood films among the British public.
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