| | Empire DVD
| Category | Action/Adventure DVDs, Urban Action Movies, Dramas Videos, Crime, Spanish, New York City, Drugs, Betrayal, Big City, Drug Dealers, Money | | Starring | John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Sarsgaard, Ruben Blades, Sonia Braga, Treach, Nestor Serrano, Fat Joe, Delilah Cotto | | Director | Frank Reyes | | Composer | Ruben Blades | | Director of Photography | Kramer Morgenthau | | Producer | Daniel Bigel, Michael Mailer | | Screenwriter | Frank Reyes |
Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish EMPIRE, the debut film from director-writer Frank Reyes is a Latin GOODFELLAS, chronicling the rise and fall of Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo), a Puerto Rican drug-dealer working the violent streets of the South Bronx. With an eye for money and a head for business, Victor dreams of one day achieving the wealth and success of a legitimate businessman. When Victor discovers that his girlfriend Carmen (Delilah Cruz) is pregnant, he jumps at the chance to give up the dangerous drug trade and joins forces with two new friends, Jack (Peter Sarsgaard)--a flashy Wall Street Investment banker, and his girlfriend Trish (Denise Richards). Jack offers Victor a new way of life and promises him access to "sure thing" investments. Eager to go legit, Victor quickly embraces Jack's standards of living. He gives up the streets of the Bronx for Jack's slick Soho loft and moves into the fast-talking, money-driven world of Wall Street. However, Carmen misses the warmth and familiarity of her roots in the South Bronx and Victor is torn between his own ambition and his desire to please her. Ultimately, he realizes too late that Jack and Trish are not all who they seem to be, and his best-laid plans begin to falter as he is forced to accept the magnitude of their betrayal. Theatrical release: December 6, 2002 Empire Reviews: "...Centered by an on-form Leguizamo..."
-- Jonathan Crocker, Total Film "...Compelling....Leguizamo owns EMPIRE, the first film to capture the live-wire crackle of his one-man stage shows....He holds the screen with a simmering self-assurance..."
-- Bruce Fetts, Entertainment Weekly "...Engrossing and utterly uncompromising....[Leguizamo] gives one of the best performances of the year..."-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times Empire | List Price | $5.98 (You save $0.19) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 2002 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  75805  | | CD Universe Part number | 5610774 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 24, 2008 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, and some sexuality | | Running Time | 90 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Mastered; Widescreen; Spanish Language Version |
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