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 Rated 5 out of 5!
Great Ferrara film!
In the Abel Ferrara tradition, this flick is a caricature of violence. It’’s nonstop, from the very beginning when Lawrence (then Larry) Fishburne blows away some Latino drug dealers, through the best chase scene in the history of films, even to the scene where Caruso blows away Fishburne, and beyond!Believe it or not, I’’m far from an advocate of violence. I won’’t even watch a Stallone movie, or Schwarznegger, for example. At the same time, the criminal world isn’’t as clinically clean as most Hollywood films make it. Well, the plot’’s been outlined several times so I won’’t repeat it here. But I think one person overlooked--the one whose acting was perhaps even better than Christopher Walken’’s (and his was superior; he’’s like Dennis hopper without steroids) was Victor Argo, the cops’’ boss. I don’’t know why I haven’’t seen him since! This isn’’t for the kids to see. Nor for the wife or relative who’’s sensitive to tension and superviolence. It’’s especially not for the activists who so resent violence that they pretend it doesn’’t exist--They’’ll completely miss the point. But for quite a good story and the debut performances of many whose names at least one other reviewer went over, it’’s a gem. But, again, watch Victor Argo. I truly hope to see him in more mainstream films. His acting was superior.  Rated 3 out of 5
A total fantasy
Christopher Walken as an idealistic, EOE, Robin-Hood-inspired, freelance drug kingpin battling an NYPD death squad.
Any questions?
Not CW’’s best performance, either. But he is, as always, cool in a creepy way--give it 4 stars if you’’re a dedicated fan.- Rated 5 out of 5!
5 Stars for Walken
The Deer Hunter, Dogs of War, King of New York, and his cameo in Pulp Fiction are the definitive Walken performances. King of New York is a cross between Scar Face and Taxi Driver- brooding, atmospheric, realistic (to a point)- this film is ten times better than New Jack City.
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