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Extreme slice of NY drug crime vs cops sleaze with good acting but little else.Much too much sex and drugs to hammer home a rise and fall of a equal opportunity crime lord sort of hollywood Joey Gallo'ish with a nice cameo by Pete Hamill and Freddie Jackson.However the strength of this film is the acting of Christopher Walken as Frank White and Laurence Fishburne as Jimmy Jump his partner in crime.Good acting also as cops who cross over the line by Wesley Snipes as Thomas Flanigan and David Caruso as Dennis Gilley. Finally real gritty street and subway shots of the underbelly of NY is striking against the more upscale restraints and hotels that the upper-class frequent.Still if you liked Scareface. Released in 1990 and runs only 101 minutes I had to take 2 stars off for the violence and thinking in the script that this much"street"could get as "high"as they did,is hard to believe.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary is below.
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to the city's poor in this stylish and ultraviolent modern twist on Robin Hood. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLvi01UW3vk
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to the city's poor in this stylish and ultraviolent modern twist on Robin Hood. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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