Production Year: 1990 - Action/Adventure - Director: Abel Ferrara - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Christopher Walken, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Buscemi more
Christopher Walken stars as Frank White, an ultracool crime boss, in this moody gem from director Abel Ferrara. Released from a long stint in jail, White rejoins his devoted gang,... more
owes its roots to the hard-edged crime movies of the 1930s. Christopher Walken stars as a drug kingpin who is released from prison and vows to use his position and i...
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King Of New York
Christopher Walken gives a towering performance as drug kingpin Frank White, just released ... more
from prison and vowing to use his position and criminal enterprise for charitable means. However a core group of New York cops are determined to go to war on him and his gang bring them down whatever the cost.One of the grittiest urban films of the last 20 years with a strong ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, & David Caruso.
King Of New York
Christopher Walken gives a towering perfomance as drug kingpin Frank White just released ... more
from prison and vowing to use his position and criminal enterprise for charitable means. However, a core group of New York cops are determined to go to war on him and his gang to bring them down whatever the cost.One of the grittiest films of the last 20 years with a strong ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, And David Caruso.
King Of New York
The first big budget movie from the controversial director of Driller Killer and Bad ... more
Lieutenant features an unforgettable performance from Christopher Walken as gangland supremo Frank White. Recently released from prison. White sets out to be King of New York by gaining control of a multicultural gang of drug dealers - to the horror of the traditional Mafia - and by raising funds for a public hospital in the city's poorest area.But New York's streets have grown meaner since Frank last walked them. Enemies on both sides of the law are determined to stop him in his criminal and philanthropic ventures and the consequences can only be violent...
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Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: John Singleton - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring:Paul Walker, Eva Mendes, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, James Remar, Devon Aoki
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
A review by Flodum on King Of New York (DVD) January 16th, 2001
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Standard
Soundtrack
Good
Advantages:
A gripping and sometimes chilling look at gangland
Disadvantages:
Violence, drugs and swearing predominate, meaning that this film won't appeal to all
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This is a superb gangster film, with Christopher Walken outstanding in that understated, yet manic way that characterises so many of the roles he plays. So much of his menace is carried in a furtive glance from his beady eyes, or a fleeting half-smile, that he does not need to say much to loom dark and threatening on the screen.
Walken plays Frank White, a New York gang lord just released from the penitentiary and intent on recovering the turf that has been taken from him by other Italian, Hispanic and Chinese warlords during his incarceration.
Surrounded by his henchmen (roles played by, among others, then then virtually unknown Laurence Fisburne and Steve Buscemi), the majority of whom are black - a fact that serves to anger his opponents who regard them as beneath contempt - White systematically eliminates competition in 'his' districts, taking control of all organised crime, and drug distribution in particular.
The main obstacles to the rebuilding of White's criminal empire are formed by the trio of policemen on his case, played by John Caruso (in a role very similar to the one he played in NYPD Blue, a tough cop on the verge of becoming a vigilante), a young Wesley Snipes, and the bulldog-like Victor Argo. They are continually frustrated by White's scheming, and his ability to avoid imprisonment - thanks in no small part to his relationship with a high-flying attorney.
Another complication is introduced by White's desire to be seen as something of a phiulanthropist, sponsoring hospitals for the deprived boroughs and ploughing some of his ill-gotten gains back into improving the area. In an argument very similar to that employed by the Kray twins in London, White argues (and indeed believes) that he is the law.
The police force see it differently, however, viewing White's elimination of his self-serving and greedy opponents as gang warfare on a grand scale, and determine to bring him to justice by fair means or foul. I won't spoil the ending for you, save to say that the film has no grandstand finish, no Scarface-style shootout, but is perhaps all the more powerful for this.
Advantages: fantastic performance from Keitel Disadvantages: avoid if you dislike the sleazy side of life
Harvey Keitel plays a corrupt and perverted cop who gets off on masturbating in front of teenage girls he’s pulled over and shooting up heroin. There isn’t a plot of such, the film just follows along as Keitel’s character sinks deeper and deeper into depravity and debt to a loan shark. There are themes of corruption and redemption, with reoccuring Catholic imagery. It’s pretty obvious from the start that this is a doomed character but the film is ...
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Christopher Walken stars as Frank White, an ultracool crime boss, in this moody gem from director Abel Ferrara. Released from a long stint in jail, White rejoins his devoted gang, which includes the trigger-happy Jimmy Jump (Laurence Fishburne), Test Tube (Steve Buscemi), and his attractive attorney girlfriend, Jennifer (Janet Julian). Setting up headquarters in Trump Plaza, they start wiping out members of rival mobs in a bid to take back the streets and indulge in lots of cocaine and sex, but ultimately White has more noble ambitions, such as giving a fortune in drug money to charity. David Caruso, Victor Argo, and Wesley Snipes costar as a group of bitter cops who don't buy Frank's change of heart and decide to go outside the law to take him down. Poetic, sexy, funny, somber, and very violent, this critical hit cemented the rep of Ferrara and has earned a strong cult following. Bozan Bajelli serves as director of the arresting cinematography, which is full of rich shadows and gold, blue, and red hues. For fans of films such as THE GODFATHER and SCARFACE, this is essential viewing.
Technical information
Special Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Access
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Frame
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Grisly yet electrifying..." (New York Times, p.13, 22/09/1990)
"...Ferrara's blend of toughness and lyricism turns this visionary crime film into something stylish, seductive and haunting..." (Rolling Stone, p.49, 18/10/1990)
"...Christopher Walken lends the role a certain sleazy charm..." (Sight and Sound, p.46, 01/07/1991)
"...Ferrara knows how to shoot the grimmer parts of New York..." (USA Today, p.4D, 01/10/1990)
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