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King of New York

1990

Abel Ferrara

Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Janet Julian ...

6.4

3,538

Thriller. Drama. Action A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What Ferrara needs for his next film is a sound screenplay (...) His effects are too good, his command of mood is too sure, for him to continue trying to bluff his way through half-written movies like this one (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"Christopher Walken is absolutely in his element here (...) He gives this 1990 gangster tale real grace and charisma and puts the film well above mobster movie norms"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"[Walken's] performance is wasted on a film which, despite splendid location work, lurches sloppily and messily from kill to kill, orgy to orgy, coke to crack, cliché to cliché."	NEG
United States	Ryan Lambie Den of Geek	"'King Of New York' is a tonally and narratively strange film that wasn’t to everyone’s taste in 1990 (...) and probably still isn’t. It is, however, full of atmosphere and energy"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Ferrara’s blend of toughness and lyricism turns this visionary crime film into something stylish, seductive and haunting."	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Ferrara's treatment is lavishly ultra hip and dark. But - yikes - it's ugly stuff, with Irish cops, Italian hoods, Asian, Hispanic and Black drug dealers (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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