Review: Empire
Empire " comes so close to working that you can see there from here. It has the right approach and the right opening premise, but it lacks the ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
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Why the South Bronx and SoHo Just Don't Mix
The NY Times review of Empire, a Franc Reyes film starring John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard. Empire movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader ...
The New York Times - Elvis Mitchell
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How the Empire falls
Empire is to Scarface as Hogan's Heroes is to Stalag 17, minus the laughtrack. That is to say, it travels somewhat the same path, but sucks all ...
Canoe.ca - JIM SLOTEK
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Review: EMPIRE
An ambitious, street-level drug dealer hooks up with a slick investment banker and learns that a man with a briefcase can steal more than a 100 ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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This Overly Familiar 'Empire' Strikes Out
John Leguizamo in "Empire." THE always interesting John Leguizamo finally takes center stage in "Empire," a predictable and stereotypical little ...
New York Post - Lou Lumenick
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Review: EMPIRE
Universal Pictures has a lot of gall to pick up a movie as thoroughly awful as "Empire" and -- with a straight face and a $20 million or so ad ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Editorial Review
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Review: Empire (2002)
"Empire" takes a worn-out premise about drug dealers and gangsters in the present-day South Bronx, and then, occasionally, adds enough style and ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman
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Review: Empire
Empire attempts to get at the issues of greed and the conflicts it creates in today's money-hungry society from the point of view of Victor Rosa ...
Kinnopio.com - Michael J. Eiff
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Review: Empire
Victor (John Leguizamo) and Jimmy (Vincent Laresca) in Empire. With satisfied voice-over, John Leguizamo's Victor Rosa takes us meticulously ...
Palo Alto Online - Jim Shelby
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Review: Empire
When you stop and think about it, the similarities between Italian mobsters and urban gangsters -- as filmmakers commonly portray them -- are ...
FilmCritic.com - Amit Asaravala
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Review: Empire
"We got invisible but well-defined boundaries here. Different lives, and no mixing." Empire is a clumsy but competent morality play, ...
FilmBlather.com - Eugene Novikov
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EMPIRE Film Review
Franc Reyes' "Empire" purports to challenge one's preconceived notions about what it takes to succeed on the streets and on the Street (as in ...
Boxoffice Online - Annlee Ellingson
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Review: Empire
"Empire" is in the tradition of films like "Scarface," where crime pays for a while but then finally doesn't, and a lot of people wind up with ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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Review: Empire
This film has not yet been reviewed. Check back later for the complete review here on FilmThreat.com. Synopsis: In Empire, the American Dream is ...
Film Threat - Chris Gore - 12/10/01
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A tired plot is the downfall of this 'Empire'
The Boston Globe - Wesley Morris, Globe Staff
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Franc Reyes Empire 2002
Pros Leguizamo, Laresco, Braga, Cotto, the original story Cons Editing, Rossellini The Bottom Line A gangster movie that shows some potential, ...
Epinions - artbyjude
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Inner-city goodfellas
Pros Artistically rendered violence using special camera techniques and editing. Fast paced action. Cons Very violent and disturbing themes. ...
Epinions - solohans1 - 12/12/02
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EMPIRE - Serious Review
Pros Well acted, directed, written. It is very realistic and gritty. Cons This formula has been done many times before. The theme is unoriginal. ...
Epinions - joncocco - 12/14/02
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Review: Empire (2002)
Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) sees himself as a self-made entrepreneur a la Rockefeller or Gates, except that his business centers on "street ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Robin Clifford - 12/11/02
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Review: Empire (2002)
Cast: John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabella Rossellini, Sonia Braga Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/26/02 Have you ever been ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Harvey S. Karten - 11/27/02
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Review: Empire (2002)
Empire is the first film produced under Universal's new Arenas Entertainment banner, which will target various Latino communities around the ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Jon Popick - 12/20/02
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Empire Is not Very Good.
Pros Kinda funnt. Cons It tries too hard and it sux. The Bottom Line Empire id noyhing like the commercial promises. ...
Epinions - youngchinq - 12/14/02
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Empire Comes Close
Pros John Leguizamo, decent action Cons drags, the many cliches The Bottom Line John Leguizamo comes through, but he leaves the movie behind. ...
Epinions - movie_critic - 12/10/02
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Review: Empire (2002)
Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo, "Moulin Rouge") is a hugely successful Bronx drug dealer engaged to the beautiful, college-educated Carmen (Delilah ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Laura Clifford
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I State Buildings Like Empire
Pros so bad it was funny Cons looked like they slapped this together in two days The Bottom Line This is one crap-tacular movie. ...
Epinions - konspirator01 - 12/28/02
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