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Empire

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Empire
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R,1hr 25min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 2002
Director:
Franc. Reyes
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Starring:
John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards  ...more
Synopsis: A man who has made good in an illegal business discovers going straight is a more complicated matter than he imagined in this urban drama. Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is a drug dealer who has made a small fortune selling a heroin-based drug cocktail he's concocted called "Empire." Victor doesn't see himself as a dope pusher; instead, he considers himself an entrepreneur and a businessman who is simply making the most of the economic opportunities presented to him in the ghetto. Through his girlfriend ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
Overreaching from its title onward, Empire has a lot more ambition than ability to deliver on it. The film borrows liberally, though not skillfully, from Martin Scorsese's template for crime drama, and it owes a specific debt to Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way, with John Leguizamo substituting for Al Pacino as the Latino gangster trying to get out. To be fair, Empire does flirt with big ideas, and has ... Full Review
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