Mr. Untouchable
Mr. Untouchable

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The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history, Barnes came from humble beginnings to make himself and his comrades rich beyond their wildest dreams, ultimately reaching national infamy in 1977 when the New York Times put him on the front cover of their magazine with the headline "... (Full plot summary below)

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The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history, Barnes came from humble beginnings to make himself and his comrades rich beyond their wildest dreams, ultimately reaching national infamy in 1977 when the New York Times put him on the front cover of their magazine with the headline "Mr. Untouchable". Soon after, it all came crumbling down, and facing a life sentence without parole, Barnes started naming names. With the first hand testimony from "the black Godfather" himself, this documentary tells an epic story of business, excess, greed and revenge.

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Philadelphia Inquirer - 8/10 by Steven ReaThe "black Godfather" comes off as a cold-blooded narcissist whose vision of the American Dream is as twisted as it seems to have been rewarding.
New York Daily News - 8/10 by Elizabeth WeitzmanIt's not a pretty picture, but it sure is a compelling one.
New York Post - 8/10 by V.A. MusettoWhat emerges is a portrait of a complex man - one who had no qualms about murder and drugs but who won a national poetry contest and read "Moby-Dick" while in jail. Go figure.
The A.V. Club - 8/10 by Nathan RabinIf Barnes ultimately emerges as a heartless, duplicitous villain, he's nevertheless got the devil's slippery, seductive charm.
Chicago Tribune - 8/10 by Michael PhillipsAs interesting, certainly, as “American Gangster,” and operating with a truer street sense of the characters involved.
The Hollywood Reporter - 7/10 by Kirk HoneycuttIt's undeniably fascinating, but you might want to take a shower after hanging out with this unsavory bunch.
Los Angeles Times - 7/10 by Kenneth TuranA slick package all around. Adroitly edited, filled with fine music like Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" and more people flashing needles than at a garment worker's convention, this film is less a dispassionate examination than a celebratory infomercial on its central character.
Washington Post - 7/10 by Stephen HunterIt's fast and furious, and it proves that crime doesn't pay, unless you know how to do it right.
Village Voice - 7/10 by Michelle OrangeA fascinating first-person account of drug kingpin and ruthless gangster Nicky Barnes, whose outrageous story of rise, rule, rage, and revenge requires no such stylistic filler.
The New York Times - 6/10 by A.O. ScottThere is some acknowledgment of the terrible effects of the drug trade on residents of Harlem and other poor New York neighborhoods, but for the most part Mr. Untouchable clings to the standard hip-hop mythology of the pusher as entrepreneur, rebel, celebrity and folk hero.

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