King of New York

1990
18
1h 43m

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6.9/10

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Dark Comedy Gangster Crime Thriller

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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Christopher Walken

Frank White

David Caruso

Dennis Gilley

Laurence Fishburne

Jimmy Jump
(as Larry Fishburne)

Victor Argo

Roy Bishop

Wesley Snipes

Thomas Flanigan

Janet Julian

Jennifer

Joey Chin

Larry Wong

Giancarlo Esposito

Lance

Paul Calderon

Joey Dalesio

Steve Buscemi

Test Tube

Theresa Randle

Raye

Leonard L. Thomas

Blood
(as Leonard Lee Thomas)

Roger Guenveur Smith

Tanner
(as Roger Smith)

Carrie Nygren

Melanie

Ernest Abuba

King Tito

Frank Adonis

Paul Calgari

Vanessa Angel

British Female

Frank Aquilino

Card Player
(as Butchie Aquilino)

Director
- Abel Ferrara
Writer
- Nicholas St. John
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Trivia
James Russo turned down the part Jimmy Jump. Laurence Fishburne, who had already been cast as Thomas Flanigan, persistently begged director Abel Ferrara for an audition for the part. He got the part just by coming in looking exactly as he does in the film and did not have to audition.

Goofs
When Jump orders food at the chicken place, he asks how much and the clerk says "$56.70, total." However, in the same scene when Jump asks again, the clerk tells him "56.90."

Quotes
Frank White: From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.

Alternate versions
Orignally rated "X", edited and changed for R rating on appeal.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Postcards from the Edge/Saving Grace/White Hunter, Black Heart/After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

Soundtracks
Concierto for Violin OP. 8# Autumn
Antonio Vivaldi
Arranged by Joe Delia

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Featured review

7/10

This Is One Mean Story

Now here's a film with a mean edge....very mean....almost too mean. If I didn't like Christopher Walken (and who doesn't?) I wouldn't have watched this low- life trash. But Walken makes the trash fashionable somehow. Plus, I always like looking at great nighttime shots of New York City.

A nice job of restoration was done on this latest two-disc DVD. The film finally looks good. This is stylishly filmed, too.

Story-wise, as mentioned, it's very rough, lots of f-words, and a simple story of a crime boss who is released from jail and is trying to reclaim his hold on the city's mob scene.

It's an interesting cast. Besides Walken is a trio of actors who wound up becoming stars: David Caruso (a TV star), Lawrence Fishburne and Wesley Snipes. All of them are nasty, too. Sometimes they make Walken look good in comparison. Unfortunately, two of those guys are cops and filmmakers love to make the cops into unlikable bad guys. They certainly are here.

So, if you're feeling ornery and want to take out some hostility without hurting anyone or anything, just flip this disc in your DVD and it should be what the doctor ordered. If you can relate to any of these people in this movie, call a minister, priest, rabbi or psychiatrist. You need help.