You don't know intense.
You think you saw some cool shit in "The Matrix." And all of those dumbass superhero movies are just so fucking dope. Cough.
Fuck all that.
Abel Ferrera cooks on all four burners to create a Manhattan set neo-noir like none other.
Ferrera goes toe to toe with Friedkin and Lumet for insanity level. The car chase scenes on display are full throttle, and not a dot of CGI.
Gritty, raw, sexy, and full of '90s era NYC music and drug culture, "King Of New York" goes all the way there and then some.
Ferrera paces this ego-fueled crime drama like the Cannonball Run.
Look it up.
Someone could lose an eye, or considerably more. Many lose everything.
The '90s era New York City cocaine trade brings a lot of dirty money into the city.
Christopher Walken does indeed walk on water as Frank White, a recently released prison inmate drug kingpin. Frank does business out of the Plaza Hotel — located in the exact center of the Universe, bitches. Frank wants to finance a bankrupt hospital in the Bronx.
Oh, the humanity Frank White possesses.
Ferrera pulls no punches in this all out street brawl between Frank and the rest of the world.
Needless to say, shit hits the fan every step of the way.
You will be in awe of this movie.
You will need a stiff drink after seeing it. Perhaps two cocktails are in order.
"King Of New York" lives up to its over the top title.
I'm not even gonna drop names of this astounding cast. Well, okay, just one…Janet Julian.
Off the hook good.
Cheers!
Clink.
You front like you want Cinema, well this is it kids.
Thank you, and you're welcome.
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Rated R. 104 mins.
