King Of New York - DVD -12236142089

From All Movie Guide The gritty underbelly of New Yorks complex. ethnically divided criminal world is exposed in this dark drama from director Abel Ferrara. Christopher Walken stars as Frank White. a drug lord whos just been released from a long stint in prison. Aware that feeding off of societys depravity has made him a wealthy man. Frank has become determined to give something back to the city. and he hatches a scheme to build a multimillion-dollar public hospital in one of Brooklyns worst ghetto neighborhoods. Needing the assistance of his fellow criminals to pull it off. Frank and his adjutant Jimmy Jump (Laurence Fishburne) encounter a wall of resistance from every faction. including drug-trade partner Lance Wong (Joey Chin) and temperamental cop Dennis Gilley (David Caruso). Franks do-gooder efforts ultimately result in a Mob war and in a bloody showdown between the citys various ethnic criminal actions. Ferrara followed King of New York with a similarly themed film that many critics considered his masterpiece. Bad Lieutenant (1992). Karl Williams