Drug lord Frank White is released from Sing-Sing prison after serving a number of years for drug trafficking. He is reunited with his former gang, led by the murderous Jimmy Jump, as well as his personal female bodyguards Raye and Melanie, and his lover/legal annalist Jennifer. After seeing his old neighborhood more dilapidated and depressing than ever, Frank decides to do good by eliminating his... competitors whom filled the void left by his incarceration, then steal their money and drugs to finance a new South Bronx hospital for the needy. But Frank's past won't let go of him when a group of overzealous cops, led by corrupt detective Roy Bishop, frustrated at the lack of clues to nail Frank on for the current street killings, decide to take matters into their own hands.
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King of New York Acclaimed director Abel Ferrara chronicles Christopher Walken's merciless ascent to total control of the New York underworld
By 1990, Abel Ferrara had gone from notable exploitation movies like The Driller Killer and Ms 45 to the bright lights of TV cop shows including 'Crime Story' and 'Miami Vice'. Whether this counted as a form of promotion or neutering is open to debate, but either way, King Of New York represented his chance to go big budget and legitimate.
The same can be said of Frank White (Walken), the eponymous crime lord who begins the film being released from prison having served a long stretch, to immediately regain control of his blossom...
Awful
Without a doubt one of the worse films I have ever came across. With such good actors I expected a lot more.
