Empire
Available in the main library on Bookcase 9 . Show me where
Running Time: 00:00
Rated: R
Color
Widescreen 16:9
Released: March 18, 2003
©2002
English
- Director
- Franc Reyes
- UPC Code
- 025192305320
Location: Main Library — Bookcase 9
Synopsis
Product Description
Product Description
This powerful, gripping action-thriller features John Leguizamo in a riveting performance the Los Angeles Times hails as "superb." "One of the best performances of the year!" The gritty streets of the South Bronx meet the white-collar world of Wall Street in Empire, a hard-hitting story about the pursuit of fast money and the high price of greed. Featuring Denise Richards, Isabella Rossellini and rap superstars Fat Joe and Treach, Empire is a high-intensity, urban thrill-ride!
Bonus Content:
The Making of Empire
Feature Commentary with Director Franc Reyes and Director of Photography Kramer Morgenthau
Deleted Scenes
The Los Angeles Premiere of Empire
Empire Soundtrack Sampler
Theatrical Trailer
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers
DVD-ROM Features
Recommendations
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John Leguizamo is, in his own words, "young, Latin, and good looking" as the ambitious minimogul of the South Bronx drug trade in Franc Reyes' Latino twist on the urban crime saga. Reigning in his hyperactive energy, Leguizamo is like a coiled spring as the street-smart player who tries to leave the violence of his trade behind in an upwardly mobile odyssey, and Peter Sarsgaard brings a discomforting confidence to the smooth-talking investment banker trusted with his millions. Few of the other characters even register in the familiar underworld tale (though Denise Richards has fun as a bubbly, skin-deep seductress) and Reyes's flashy style is as distracting as it is energizing. It's the smoldering presence of Leguizamo that keeps the film centered through the betrayals, the bullet-riddled battles, and the slow realization that this cunning shark has just become bait in the deep seas of high finance. --Sean Axmaker
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