King of New York

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The basic dilemma facing the police in this country is the fact, that the law seems to protect those that are breaking it. Dennis Gilley, one of the New York detectives is a man that thinks this is wrong and then decides to take care of the great problems a newly released Frank White is creating for the city. Abel Ferrara is a director that doesn't mind taking chances, or tackling thorny issues, as he has proved with his films. Mr. Ferrara seems to bring the best in the actors working for him. Christopher Walken is an example, so it's Harvey Keitel, who has given extraordinary readings about the characters they portray on the screen in movies with Abel Ferrara at the helm. "King of New York" is a violent film. Mr. Ferrara is making a comment on the element that was causing so much problems in New York prior to the arrival of Rudolph Giuliani, who decided to tackle the criminal activity to the point of eliminating most of the violence in the streets of the city. The film presents an intense man that is released from prison. Frank White continues his criminal activities where he left them off. Frank and his gang are reunited and we watch as this man pushes his way around some of the people that controlled the drug traffic in the city. These people are ruthless and don't care who they kill in their pursuit of earning illicit money by becoming the most important distributors of drugs. Christopher Walken is at the center of the film. As Frank White, he gives a tremendous performance and totally dominates the movie. Frank White is indeed one of the most ruthless characters in memory. Laurence Fishburne is also seen at his most menacing as one of Frank's most cruel lieutenants. David Caruso, who doesn't seem to get much work in the movies, makes an interesting police detective, one that believes in taking matters into his own hand, causing an all out war with the criminals he is chasing. Victor Argo, plays the man in charge of the police and made a big contribution to the film. The supporting cast does well following Mr. Ferrara's orders. "King of New York" is a valid study of what this city looked like not too long ago. Abel Ferrara succeeds in making this an exciting time at the movies, for no one is going to be bored following its action.

I gave this movie a very generous 5 out of 10. If it wasn't for Walken being my favorite actor of all time, I would have given it what it really deserved....1. Poorly written, poorly directed, and poorly edited. There is no defending any of those 3 aspects of this picture. The writing is choppy and vague, there is no direction to the movie, and what is up with the unnecessary length of both the opening and closing scenes? And here is another question. How in the hell can you screw up any movie with this cast? I could probably write a movie about Christopher Walken going on a killing spree in which he only kills women, children, and the elderly, surround him with that supporting cast and everyone would call me a genius. But not this movie. This hunk of crap managed to take an all-star cast and make them look like a bunch of high school drama club members. Congratulations!

This is hands down the WORST film I've ever seen! Talk about lacking any redeeming qualities! Gotta love the stereotypical street thug with a heart theme -- gosh that's original. I love the fact that this film is so deliciously bad - so many films have dialogue but no character development, have good characters but no plot, etc. This film does EVERYTHING wrong - and it plays the same cheesy music throughout! With Walken, Lawrence Fishburne (credited as "Larry") and Steve Buscemi, you'd think this would be watchable. It is actually so bad, I laughed until we turned it off. Walken is given the most ridiculous character -- he has flock of seagulls hair and acts like a lunatic. He's a great ensemble actor, but I don't think he works very well as a leading man. I wish I could say something more positive about this film, but it is absolutely dreadful.

WARNING: This is one of the more violent films you can find. Don't let your kids watch it. Don't watch it with your mother. And, if Father O'Malley stops by for a visit, don't suggest you both watch "King of New York"!! The story begins with Frank White (Christopher Walken) getting out of prison. This gangster wastes no time getting back to the top of the drug trade....and through the course of the story you see his maniacal deputies (especially Laurence FIshburn) enjoy killing off all of their rivals. And, after man assassinations, a group of cops have had enough and have decided to stop him...whether they follow the law or not. Walken is rather interesting. Although completely ruthless and violent, this crook also likes good public relations and spends millions on projects to help the community. Additionally, most of his employees are black and he treats them very well...as equals. So, while he's pretty much a sociopath, he's also a nice and politically correct sociopath! Overall, the film is well made and repellent at the same time due to the violence. I am not a huge fan of this sort of thing. But if you love gangster films, perhaps you'll enjoy it.

The Warriors meets Reservoir Dogs meets an MC Hammer video. Stylistically the it's about 5 years too late. The movie is looking very dated. By 1990, shoulder pads, mullets and Nagel paintings were way out of style. Lots of over the top violence in a very empty wastelandish NYC. Why would anyone want to be King of NY anyway? Imagine the bureaucratic nightmares. Perhaps Walken's character finally came to his senses. Walken does his now famous signature dancing. (See Fatboy Slim video). The characters are very cliché, but Walken is typical Walken. Scaaaaary psycho. The good guys are overly zealous for no reason as are the bad guys. Except the bad guys zeal can be blamed on too much drug use. And everyone was too glamorous,especially the women. Notice I have'nt mentioned the plot? I couldn't find one. The point? Drugs are bad, M'kay.

Super mob kingpin Walken is released from long prison term and teams up with his old crowd with no plans whatsoever to go straight... Not-bad production and a line-up of good, charismatic actors in an urban mob vs. cop flick! Yay, what more could we want? Well, how about a decent script? Lazy, sloppy writing means strange pacing and almost zero character development - not to mention the female parts - and when it finally manages to dig in a bit, as with Walken, we have 5 minutes left of the movie! Overall mostly trite, formulaic and repetitively repugnant (shoot-outs, drug orgies, shoot-outs, drug orgies...) with an almost ridiculous finale. Too bad! 4 out of 10 from Ozjeppe

This film for many will be too much and by that I mean in every way possible; the amount of grim and grime in Abel Ferrara's portrayal of New York City at the turn of the '90's, the perpetual display of crime and gang activity, the almost impenetrable bad language, the shocking violence and the in-your-face portrayal of hard life and sudden death from the perspectives of both criminals and cops. Saying that, this is one of the first and few greats from writer and director Abel Ferrara, notorious creator of schlock-horror trash 'Driller Killer' and I love it for all the reasons that people tend to hate it. The inimitable and irreplaceable Christopher Walken plays Frank White, whose Lieutenants - led by intimidating and possibly demented Jimmy Jump played by Laurence Fishburne - have been guarding his territory, awaiting his return from prison. But when he gets out and goes back home to see that the streets have become every man's nightmare and every crackhead's dream, he decides that through rebuilding his empire, he will clean up the streets and give back to the community what the gangs have taken. What results of this new resolution is the start of an unprecedented bloodbath in White's attempt to rid the streets of these crack dealing gangs and this catches the attention of Roy Bishop - White's nemesis, a jaded New York cop - who proceeds to chase the kingpin with the help of his toughest men Gilley and Flanigan, played with integrity and even a clever hint of villainy by David Caruso and Wesley Snipes. Ferrara's distinctive independent style of filmmaking truly comes to fruition in this one, as it did with 'Bad Lieutenant', giving the audience a glimpse of everyday life on the grimmest streets of New York, while allowing his characters to run wild. There seems to be no clear line in the sand designating who is supposed to be the villain here as both Frank White and Roy Bishop seem to be corrupted characters with little redeeming features, the same not exactly applying to their supporting characters. White is a man with no qualms in spilling blood for what he sees as the greater good because he targets only the lowest of the low throughout the film until the cops' war with him becomes personal. Bishop's war with him is nothing but personal however and the only thing that suggests he isn't the true villain of the film is the fact that he's a cop. Fishburne's character, Jimmy Jump, is a devil with no need for disguise, a loyal animal that never questions the man he works for because the only kick he needs is to kill who he sees as the bad guys, even though he is possibly the most intimidating face in 'King...' And Gilley and Flanigan, as straight and clean-cut as they seem throughout the film, are in fact corrupted. Corrupted by hate, by the need for revenge and through the grudges that they bear. If anything, Ferrara's crime thriller is a film study applying an old philosophy to modern social politics. That philosophy being, "he who fights monsters should see to it that he too does not become a monster in doing so..." The film relies on the talents of its actors as physical and emotional forces of nature, as their performances run along on little comprehensible dialogue in relation to the plot but this is strengthened by a simplistic plot with easily picked out references to classic crime thrillers and although we see where the film is headed from the start, personally found myself excited and in awe of how it got there and honestly didn't see the end coming. It goes far beyond where others dare to go and still keeps it real. In the end I find myself thinking, this is the kind of film 'The Untouchables' and 'Carlito's Way' didn't have the balls to be!