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King of New York
1990
· Movie
· 103 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2219
- IMDb #2488
- Google retired #2242
- Rotten Tomatoes #2090
- Metacritic #2084
- Letterboxd #1273
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2646
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1968
- Metacritic Critics #1872
- Metacritic Audience #2604
- Criticker #993
- Kinopoisk #3421
- AlloCiné #2093
- Trakt #3066
Every rating
58–84
out of 100
A ruthless drug lord is released from prison and returns to the streets of New York. He aims to wipe out his competition and take over the city's drug trade, using the profits to fund a hospital for the poor. A dedicated police captain is determined to stop his violent rise to power at any cost.
Details
- Director
- Abel Ferrara
- Writer
- Nicholas St. John
- Studio
- Reteitalia, Scena International
- Released
- 18 July 1990
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.3M
- Box office
- $2.6M
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Awards
1 win & 2 nominations total
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