Movie to reconsider ::: Hoodlum

A gangster thriller with a bit of style,taste, and a grace that is eloquently defined. Touching all the main points of Sun Tzu while bringing you into the world of Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, a Harlem Racketeer, running numbers in the 1930's. Bumpy Locks Horns with Dutch Shultz( Tim Roth) and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia). Bumpy tries to carve out his own niche in Harlem, during an era of Prohibition Booze and numbers.

Hoodlum takes time to tell the story in a well crafted acting event, in which Laurence Fishburne gives a performance of a life time, as the calculated, but cool headed, Bumpy Johnson. Although it does not build up to the emotional punch that you would like in a gangster thriller, it provides a look into history, and a scope as to who mentored Frank Lucas, Lead character in the American Gangster Saga, where Clarence Williams III picked up the Character of Bumpy Johnson in his ripe old age.

Hoodlum also stars, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Cicely Tyson, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Loretta Devine, Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams

Also See The Cotton Club with Richard Gere,Where the character Bumpy Rhodes was introduced, which is a take on Bumpy Johnson ( actual Harlem Gangster), in which Laurence Fishburne played and introduced the character, in this 1984 film, byu Freancis Ford Copolla.



Challenge:

If you can tell Enterpolics what Bumpy Johnson wanted for his community but failed to do because of his rise to power. A Copy of American Gangster Deluxe Edition is yours. Leave a comment with your e-mail address and blog link. Contest until March April 2, 2008.