| Carlito's Way - Rise to Power (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Skuespillere |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime |
| Director |
Michael Scott Bregman |
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| Sprog |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
100 mins |
| Land |
USA |
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Color |
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Denne Direct-to-video efterfølger til Brian DePalmas mesterlige gangsterfilm, følger den unge Carlito Brigante (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights), der forsøger at skabe et navn for sig selv i New Yorks underverden. Med sin trofaste ven Nacho Reyes (Luis Guzmán) ved sin side, slår han sig sammen med gangsterne Earl (Mario Van Peebles) og Hollywood Nicky (Sean Combs), men han finder dog hurtigt ud af, at man må rydde både venner og fjender af vejen, hvis man vil nå hele vejen til toppen.
The success of Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way ensures that the straight-to-DVD release of Carlito's Way: Rise to Power will attract an eager audience among fans of urban gangland melodramas. A stellar cast provides adequate compensation as this tame, relatively bloodless prequel trots out every cliché in the book, qualifying as the 21st-century equivalent of a Warner Bros. gangster programmer from the 1930s. The well-chosen cast of new and familiar faces is caught up in a standard plot of territorial tension in Harlem between the blacks led by Hollywood Nicky (Sean Combs, adding a touch of blingy humor), the old-school Mafia led by Artie Sr. (Burt Young), and the caught-in-the-middle Puerto Ricans who are gaining control as Carlito (Jay Hernandez, in the role Al Pacino originated) and his cross-cultural gang rises to power after his recent release from prison with cellmates and partners-in-crime Earl (Mario Van Peebles) and Rocco (Michael Kelly). They're a tight trio in a climate of mistrust and deception, and Earl's hot-headed brother (Mtume Grant) sets off a series of events that force Carlito to invent a clever alliance that raises the body count while ensuring his long-term status as a dude-you-don't-mess-with. It's fun, for what it's worth (and fans of De Palma's film will enjoy connecting events from one film to the other), but there's not a shred of originality in script or direction by Michael Scott Bregman, whose father Martin produced Carlito's Way. Still, there's something to be said for a gang picture that never promises more than it can deliver. On those terms, and with enough violence and strip-joint nudity to satisfy its generic prerequisites, Rise to Power is definitely worth a look. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| Set Den |
No |
| Index |
10 |
| Samlingen Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Fullscreen |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Any Region; Region 1 |
| Nr i Boksen |
10 |
| Release Date |
27-09-2005 |
| Subtitles |
Dansk |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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