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Title: King of New York (1990)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Christopher Walken | ... | Frank White | |
| David Caruso | ... | Dennis Gilley | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Jimmy Jump (as Larry Fishburne) | |
| Victor Argo | ... | Roy Bishop | |
| Wesley Snipes | ... | Thomas Flanigan | |
| Janet Julian | ... | Jennifer | |
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Joey Chin | ... | Larry Wong |
| Giancarlo Esposito | ... | Lance | |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Joey Dalesio | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Test Tube | |
| Theresa Randle | ... | Raye | |
| Leonard L. Thomas | ... | Blood (as Leonard Lee Thomas) | |
| Roger Guenveur Smith | ... | Tanner (as Roger Smith) | |
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Carrie Nygren | ... | Melanie |
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Ernest Abuba | ... | King Tito |
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Others of course have taken over the business during his absence but that clearly isn't going to stop White. While he is gunning down the opposition, he decides he's going to give away the money he'll make to modernize the hospital in his old neighborhood. Drug dealers aren't the only thing he has to worry about however: a group of rogue cops decide they are going to take him down. Written by garykmcd
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Now here's a film with a mean edge....very mean....almost too mean. If I didn't like Christopher Walken (and who doesn't?) I wouldn't have watched this low- life trash. But Walken makes the trash fashionable somehow. Plus, I always like looking at great nighttime shots of New York City.
A nice job of restoration was done on this latest two-disc DVD. The film finally looks good. This is stylishly filmed, too.
Story-wise, as mentioned, it's very rough, lots of f-words, and a simple story of a crime boss who is released from jail and is trying to reclaim his hold on the city's mob scene.
It's an interesting cast. Besides Walken is a trio of actors who wound up becoming stars: David Caruso (a TV star), Lawrence Fishburne and Wesley Snipes. All of them are nasty, too. Sometimes they make Walken look good in comparison. Unfortunately, two of those guys are cops and filmmakers love to make the cops into unlikable bad guys. They certainly are here.
So, if you're feeling ornery and want to take out some hostility without hurting anyone or anything, just flip this disc in your DVD and it should be what the doctor ordered. If you can relate to any of these people in this movie, call a minister, priest, rabbi or psychiatrist. You need help.