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Director: | Abel Ferrara |
Studio: | Avid Home Ent |
Producer: | Augusto Caminito, Jay Julien, Mary Kane, Randy Sabusawa, Vittorio Squillante |
Writer: | Nicholas St. John |
Rating: | 4 |
Rated: | X |
Date Added: | 2007-03-06 |
Purchased On: | 2007-06-03 |
ASIN: | 6303391524 |
UPC: | 0012235128831 |
Price: | $9.98 |
Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
Genre: | Mystery & Suspense |
Release: | 2004-04-19 |
IMDb: | 0099939 |
Duration: | 106 |
Picture Format: | Anamorphic Widescreen |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 |
Sound: | Dolby |
Languages: | English, Dolby Digital 5.1, English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary by director Abel Ferrara, Commentary by producer Mary Kane, editor Anthony Redman, composer Joe Delia, and associate producer Randy Sabusawa, Unknown |
Subtitles: | English, Spanish |
Features: | "A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara" documentary Schoolly D music video |
Comments: Not everyone who runs a city is elected.
Summary: This low-budget crime thriller has the feel of a major blockbuster and 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 influence--and criminal enterprise--for charitable means. But a core group of New York cops are all over him and his gang, determined to go to war, whatever the cost, to bring him down. Eventually his empire--headquartered at, of all places, Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel--crumbles under the weight of double-crossing and a body count of open warfare with the cops. This is one of the most stylish films of the last decade, with a strong supporting cast (including Lawrence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, and David Caruso) and some truly enthralling set pieces, including a stunning car chase and gunfight across a rain-soaked Queensboro Bridge. The film's tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top style offsets its nihilism; and its riveting visuals will have audiences hooked from beginning to end. --Robert Lane
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