King of New York (1990)

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Directed by

Abel Ferrara

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Christopher Walken
Frank White

David Caruso
Dennis Gilley

Laurence Fishburne
Jimmy Jump

Victor Argo
Roy Bishop

Wesley Snipes
Thomas Flanigan

Janet Julian
Jennifer

Giancarlo Esposito
Lance

Paul Calderon
Joey Dalesio

Written by

Nicholas St. John
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14 years ago at Feb 20 7:52

jasoncarulli

4 votes

Abel Ferrara is no Martin Scorsese, let that be known first. The long drawn out scenes a la Goodfellas serve no purpose leaving me to honestly describe this film as one of the worst gangster movies I have ever seen.

A good movie

5 years, 3 months ago at Nov 11 14:37

johanlefourbe

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Back in the 90's, I was a huge fan of Abel Ferrara's work and, back then, I spent a lot of time tracking down his movies. Indeed, Ferrara has never been an easy director but I always found his movies really mesmerizing. However, all the movies he directed during the last 10-15 years were more alienating than fascinating to watch which is just too bad. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it wa... read more

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A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.

Release date: 18 July 1990
UPC: 012236114314

Tags: Drama (9), Crime (9), Gangster (8), Action (5), Drugs (4), Revenge (4), Murder (4), Prison (4), Car Chase (4), 1990s (4), Government (3), Thriller (3), Italian (3), 1990 (3), Theatre (3), Funeral (3), New York City (3), Robbery (3), Execution (3), Dancing (2)

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" Date: 2/23/2021 Viewed: 4K UHD Re-watch Note: I always have been a big fan of this movie ever since I first saw it back when I was in High School. I just got my 4K UHD copy from Arrow Video and I had to watch this movie ASAP. King of New York is still a fantastic movie and I honestly like it more than Goodfellas when it comes to gangster movies from the 1990s in my opinion. I love the story and the atmosphere that this movie has. I always love Abel Ferrara's portrayal of New York City by h"

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