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1990
King of New York is a 1990 neo-noir crime film directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St. John. It stars Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Victor Argo and Wesley Snipes, with supporting roles played by Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderón, Janet Julian and Theresa Randle. Walken portrays Frank White, a New York City drug kingpin rebuilding his criminal empire after his…
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If you don’t feel good and need some cheering up, the worst you can do is to watch a film by Abel Ferrara. Populated the characters that are either extremely despicable and/or extremely tortured inside, his films often depict unpleasant and depraved behaviour in naturalistic, dark and depressive ways that could turn away audiences that might otherwise appreciate author’s undisputed skill. Same thing happened with hi…More
If the final two decades of cinema in the 20th century gave us anything, it would be the rise, peak, and inevitable crash of the crime genre. A genre that boomed alongside modern society and technology; it not only provided some entertainment as we dived into an era of continuous technological advancements within the home, but also a look into the society we had created as capitalism continued to shape itself around…More
