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South Bronx has been divided up by four prominent drug dealers who respect each others' borders. However, every now and then it happens that they cross each others borders, which always leads to brutal violence. Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is one of these four drug dealers, and he ends up getting shot due to one of these disputes. Victor survives, but realizes that he must quit before he ends up like his older brother who was killed over the drug business. Therefore, he begins to do business with a Wall Street investment banker who he gets to know through his girlfriend's friend. This leads to Victor beginning to lose sight of where he is going and before he knows it he is lost in a heap of trouble. Empire begins with an interesting premise, which is delicately crafted. However, the overuse of voiceover causes the intellectual angle to loose its power, and as the story develops it becomes more predictable and entangled in itself. This then produces an over ambitious film that lacks a set path and results in an average cinematic experience. |
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| 5/4/2003 | |
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The Internet Movie Database. |
