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02/17/07
Empire (2002)
22 %
Reviews Counted: 97 Fresh: 21 Rotten:76 Average Rating: 4.4/10
Consensus:
In terms of the gangster genre, Empire's story is yet another tired retread.
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: EMPIRE, the debut film from director-writer Frank Reyes is a Latin GOODFELLAS, chronicling the rise and fall of Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo), a Puerto Rican drug-dealer working the violent streets of the South Bronx. With an eye for money and a head for business, Victor dreams of one day... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, Peter Sarsgaard, Ruben Blades, Isabella Rossellini
Director: Frank Reyes
Screenwriter: Frank Reyes
Producer: Daniel Bigel, Michael Mailer
Composer: Ruben Blades
Screenwriter: Frank Reyes
Producer: Daniel Bigel, Michael Mailer
Composer: Ruben Blades
Reviews
You can take the homey out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of the homey.
02/16/04
The leads make it watchable (plus it's always a hoot to see Denise Richards onscreen in any form)...
02/13/04
None of this finds an emotional connection, and instead we watch it predictably unfold.
08/03/03
The film’s hodgepodge plot stumbles down the prototypical path of a gangster’s fall from grace with a bit of Boiler Room thrown in for good measure.
06/26/03
. . .this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core.
06/12/03
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05/13/03
Depois de capturar a imaginação do espectador com um início envolvente e promissor, a história se perde de forma irremediável, desperdiçando o imenso potencial de seus dois primeiros atos.
05/07/03
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04/27/03
Moody, stylish tale of heroin dealer John Leguizamo facing the white-collar world is a well-shot debut from Franc Reyes.
02/11/03
Yes, we're walking those mean streets again. Good thing we're taking a few unanticipated turns.
12/23/02
Unfortunately, Empire is nothing more than an exhausting retread of the same cliched urban cautionary tale that waxes about rebellion and redemption.
12/16/02
The film ends up being derivative of every drug-themed, drug-centered movie we've ever seen, and goes down the same dark unforgiving and predictable path as all the others did.
12/13/02
There isn't a redeeming character to be found in Empire which makes it awfully hard to enjoy.
12/12/02
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