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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) -- In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Michael Bregman (screenplay)
Edwin Torres (novel)
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Release Date:
1 December 2005 (Iceland) more
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In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante (Hernandez) emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem. full summary | add synopsis
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Not Worth Watching...Just watch Carlito's Way again instead. more (50 total)

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Also Known As:
Carlito's Way 2: Rise to Power (USA) (working title)
Carlito's Way: The Beginning (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language, violence, sexual content and drug material.
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100 min
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Luis Guzmán, who plays Nacho, also played Pachanga in Carlito's Way. more
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Anachronisms: Since the move is set in the mid- to late-60s, Malcolm X Boulevard would not have existed and would only be known as Lenox Avenue. Lenox Avenue was subtitled Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Carlito Brigante: Sooner or later, a thug will tell his tale. We all want to go on record. So let's hear it for all the hoods. The Jews out of Brownsville, the blacks on Lennox Avenue, the Italians from Mulberry Street, the Irish in Hell's Kitchen. Like that. Meanwhile...
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Follows Carlito's Way (1993) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Not Worth Watching...Just watch Carlito's Way again instead., 16 December 2008
2/10
Author: dbest_13 from Canada

This was just a terrible movie. It hurt me to watch it. Almost every action was unmotivated within the context of the movie, the acting was really poor (P.Diddy was the best actor which really says something about the movie) and the plot was generally predictable. Some links to Carlito's Way were okay, for example his dream of one day moving to the Carribien, but on the whole they were weak. The love interest in my opinion was flat out wrong but hey that's debatable. Anyways I really wasn't expecting much before watching the movie and I guess you could say even those expectations weren't met. I feel bad for Jay Hernandez because he actually is a decent actor (Friday Night Lights). He's lucky though because I'm sure there won't be too many people watching this movie. I generally give movies a decent rating if they spark my interest at all so I'm gonna go ahead and give this one two stars. Better luck next time. And yes I did enjoy Carlito's Way.

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