Les aventures d'un entreprenant en Asie

Not everyone who runs a city is elected

Un film incontournable pour les amateurs de films policiers noirs !

Avec: Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, David Caruso, Steve Buscemi...

 Realisateur: Abel Ferrara Autant d'atouts qui en font un film dans la lignee de Scarface...

Sinopsis: A sa sortie de prison, ou il a passe cinq ans pour trafic de drogue, Frank White s'installe dans une suite du Plaza entoure de ses associes, ses hommes de main, son conseiller financier, son avocate et ses maitresses. Il commence par faire supprimer quelques gros trafiquants colombiens par ses hommes Jimmy Jump, "Test Tube" et Lance, puis envoie Joey D., un emissaire, demander une entrevue a un caid italien. Mais, celui-ci refuse et profere meme des menaces. Frank s'invite alors, declare que desormais tout, le jeu, la drogue, la prostitution, passe par lui et, comme l'autre se recrie, l'abat de ses propres mains...

About Abel Ferrara: He is never afraid to experiment and push the boundaries. Apart from a brief period in the mid-late 1980s where he seemed to lose his way somewhat, he has made one of the most interesting (and sometimes frustrating) body of work of any living American director. I can't say I think all his movies have been completely successful, but they are NEVER boring, and when he's on top of his form he is simply one of the most exciting directors around. His very best movie in my opinion is probably a draw between 'Bad Lieutenant' and this one, 'King Of New York'. They are very different movies in many respects. Both feature New York as a backdrop, both films center on crime, and both feature amazing performances from their lead actors (Harvey Keitel in 'Bad Lieutenant', Christopher Walken here). But Keitel gives a very emotionally open performance where he really bears his soul. Walken is more stylized and a little less "real", but there's still more depth to his character than originally appears on first viewing, and he is compelling what ever way you look at it. The feel of each movie is also very different. 'King Of New York' has a dreamlike atmosphere that makes one sometimes question the reality of what is on screen. I think the viewer who just treats this as a straightforward crime movie is missing the big picture, and may feel a little short changed. It's difficult to put into words, but I think multiple viewings reveal that this is far from just a conventional rise and fall Mob movie like 'Scarface' or 'Goodfellas'. There is a scene in it with a clip from 'Nosferatu', and I don't think this was chosen lightly. In some ways you could almost read this is a horror movie as much as a crime story. 'King Of New York' has a modern urban Gothic feel, something Ferrara would explore in his strange vampire movie 'The Addiction' (which features an unforgettable cameo from Walken). Anyway, Walken is hypnotic on screen and dominates every scene he is in. You literally can't take your eyes off him! The movie is absolutely essential viewing for any fan of this amazing actor. The supporting cast is almost second to none. Some Ferrara has used before, some not, but you'll rarely see a more impressive collection of character actors than here - Larry Fishburne ('The Matrix'), Victor Argo ('Taxi Driver'), Paul Calderon ('Pulp Fiction'), Wesley Snipes ('Blade'), David Caruso ('Kiss Of Death'), Giancarlo Esposito ('Do The Right Thing'), Steve Buscemi ('Reservoir Dogs'), and Frank Adonis ('Goodfellas'), just to name some of the better known faces. I highly recommend this movie for fans of Ferrara, Walken, and gangster films. It's a unique movie, very haunting and odd, with a mixture of beauty and violence rarely seen in American movies.

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