King of New York

Pros: Chris Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Supporting cast, Score, Action
Cons: Story

King of New York (1990) This is a fairly interesting look at a fictional New York gang led by recently released gangster Frank White (Christopher Walken). We see Walken being released from Sing Sing and being picked up in a limousine by a pair ...

Pros: Stylish. Cast in top form — esp. Walken, Caruso, Fishburne, and Argot
Cons: Very much a "surface" movie and avoids going beyond a character study.

Abel Ferrara has about as high a profile as is possible for a director who, according to the Internet Movie Database, has never had a single film gross even 3 million dollars domestically. And his profile is fairly high for a director who has (for...

Pros: Great performances from Walken, Fishburne, and the supporting cast, coupled with Ferrara's stylish direction make this one of the better 90's style hip-hop gangsta films.
Cons: the film misses several opportunities to expound on why things are the way they are

King of New York: Live Video
Rating: USA: R/ UK: 18

Director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, Ms. 45) has always been a filmmaker who’s gotten by more on style than by making films with any kind of narrative...

Pros: Christoper Walken. Laurence Fishburne. Dialogue. Action.
Cons: None at all. Zip.

If I had to choose a single film that should have become a roaring cult classic, but never did for some inexplicable reason, I’d have to go with Abel Ferrara’s 1990 offering, The King of New York. My guess (and it’s only a guess) is that it was initially...

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The film "King of New York" charts the release of the vicious and rich gangster Frank White (Christopher Walken) from jail. He returns to the double life of the upper class New York socialite with a local influence on town planning, and the ...

Pros: Stylish, Smooth & Hip
Cons: Ultra-violent, Ultra-vicious, May Be Too Much Some Folks

KING OF NEW YORK is one of my all time GUILTY PLEASURES. The movie came out in 1990 and, along with 1984s A SOLDIER'S STORY, was the jumping off point for a great many of today's better known actors. Check the roster:

LAURENCE FISHBURNE
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