A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Laurence Fishburne
- Jimmy Jump
- (as Larry Fishburne)
Leonard L. Thomas
- Blood
- (as Leonard Lee Thomas)
Roger Guenveur Smith
- Tanner
- (as Roger Smith)
Frank Aquilino
- Card Player
- (as Butchie Aquilino)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJames Russo turned down the part Jimmy Jump. Laurence Fishburne, who had already been cast as Thomas Flanigan, persistently begged director Abel Ferrara for an audition for the part. He got the part just by coming in looking exactly as he does in the film and did not have to audition.
- GoofsWhen Jump orders food at the chicken place, he asks how much and the clerk says "$56.70, total." However, in the same scene when Jump asks again, the clerk tells him "56.90."
- Quotes
Frank White: From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.
- Alternate versionsOrignally rated "X", edited and changed for R rating on appeal.
Featured review
Do you like Christopher Walken movies? The good, the deep psychological studies, the creepy pseudo-underworld /misfit characters that have unfortunately typecast one of America's greatest and multi-talented contemporary actors?
Do you like Abel Ferrara movies? The down in the muck, inner-city examinations of the seedier motivations and lifestyles-the side of life many of us would like to ignore, but are intrigued by nonetheless?
Low budget and a lot of conjones are trademarks of Ferrara's films (Fear City, The Addiction, The Funeral) and this is no exception, but the term stylish is defined here..You see, you hear, you FEEL the environment-the nasty low morality hustlers of the five burroughs .Much congrats to Alex Tovoularis' production design.
King of New York may not be as famous as Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant in the world of the cinema-geek, but maybe it should be.
Joe Delia's haunting soundtrack is a perfect compliment to Bojan Bazelli's moody visuals-Walken's confrontation scene of the old-style Mafiosos is as classic as it is intense.
Man, do I love this movie.
Do you like Abel Ferrara movies? The down in the muck, inner-city examinations of the seedier motivations and lifestyles-the side of life many of us would like to ignore, but are intrigued by nonetheless?
Low budget and a lot of conjones are trademarks of Ferrara's films (Fear City, The Addiction, The Funeral) and this is no exception, but the term stylish is defined here..You see, you hear, you FEEL the environment-the nasty low morality hustlers of the five burroughs .Much congrats to Alex Tovoularis' production design.
King of New York may not be as famous as Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant in the world of the cinema-geek, but maybe it should be.
Joe Delia's haunting soundtrack is a perfect compliment to Bojan Bazelli's moody visuals-Walken's confrontation scene of the old-style Mafiosos is as classic as it is intense.
Man, do I love this movie.
- Doctor_Bombay
- Feb 10, 1999
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- King of New York - König zwischen Tag und Nacht
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,554,476
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $411,597
- Sep 30, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $2,554,476
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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