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Actors: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi, Joey Chin, Victor Argo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about King of New York |
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On the day that drug kingpin Frank White (Christopher Walken) is released from prison, bloodshed breaks out across New York City, as a Colombian drug gang is slain and their merchandise stolen.
Arriving by limo at his suite in the Plaza Hotel, Frank is reunited with his old friend Jimmy Jump (Laurence Fishburne), a ruthless gangster who orchestrated the killings as Frank's "welcome home" present.
Although publicly declaring that he intends to go straight, Frank falls right back into his old lifestyle, killing a Mafia boss (Frank Gio) who opposes his return to power and robbing a gangster (Joey Chin) of millions of dollars worth of heroin, which Frank intends to use in financing the construction of a hospital for the ghetto.
It isn't all smooth sailing for Frank, though, as the police, led by the straight-laced Captain Bishop (Victor Argo), are on to him. And when a pair of rogue cops (David Caruso and Wesley Snipes) decide to go outside the law to get Frank, it could mean the end of his empire.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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KING OF NEW-YORK is a movie directed by Abel Ferrara in 1990.
As soon as former drug lord Christopher Walken is released from jail, he begins to eliminate one by one the actual bosses of the italian, asian and hispanic mobs that have taken his place during his imprisonment. Protected by skillful lawyers, Walken is taunting the police forces. Irish cop David Caruso decides to fight Walken by using illegal means.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of King of New York |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Irish/McCourt
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- sewers/subways
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex with icepick
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
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