Empire

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1h 30min

John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, Sônia Braga, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Fat Joe, and Peter Sarsgaard in Empire (2002)

A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.

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A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Delilah Cotto in Empire (2002)

Isabella Rossellini in Empire (2002)

John Leguizamo and Delilah Cotto in Empire (2002)

Fat Joe in Empire (2002)

Denise Richards in Empire (2002)

John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard in Empire (2002)

John Leguizamo in Empire (2002)

Director Franc Reyes

Peter Sarsgaard in Empire (2002)

John Leguizamo in Empire (2002)

John Leguizamo and Delilah Cotto in Empire (2002)

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Taglines
- Two worlds collide.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality
Parents guide

Trivia
To train for his part, John Leguizamo hung out with a gang of drug dealers and gangsters for a few days. They told him how to spot surveillance vans and deal drugs.

Goofs
When Fat Joe's son is playing with Playstation, he pauses the game. You can see in the background that the game he's "playing" is a recording on a VCR tape, shown from the tell-tale VCR pause picture static.

Quotes
Tito Severe: [to Bobby] Go home, wash your fuckin' ass, tell good-bye to your mother and your fuckin' kids, then come back here. Then I'm gonna kill you, you fuckin' piece of shit!

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: The Making of 'Empire' (2002)

Soundtracks
Welcome to My Empire
Written by Franc. Reyes and Tony Aliperti
Performed by India
Courtesy of Sony Discos, Inc.

Top review

6/10

Just so much recycled hash

"Empire" is all about a streetwise drug dealer (Leguizamo) in South Bronx, NY who self-narrates his take on how to work your way out of the ghetto and go legit. A slick shoot with a bunch of trite recycled street crime and gangland snippets pieced together for a screenplay, this predictable and contrived flick never really gets where it's trying to go. Chock full of plot holes and nonsequiturs, the auteur asks us to care enough about a thug, murderer, and drug pusher to sit through 1.5 hours of all-sizzle-but-no-steak nonsense about his life. A so-so no brainer action/drama for Leguizamo fans and crime buffs only. (C+)

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Release date
- December 6, 2002 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Імперія
Filming locations
- Miami, Florida, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $17,600,423
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,281,415
- Dec 8, 2002
Gross worldwide
- $18,591,272

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 30min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, Sônia Braga, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Fat Joe, and Peter Sarsgaard in Empire (2002)

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