Burt Young, Domenick Lombardozzi, Giancarlo Esposito
In this prequel to Brian De Palma's 1993 film 'Carlito's Way,' Jay Hernandez stars as the young Carlito Brigante, who from an early age is seduced by the power and excitement of the New York underworl...( read more
)
DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Get It:
Stats: 369 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (369)
-
November 27, 2008Rise to Power is the prequel to Brian DePalma's 1993 hit gangster movie Carlito's Way. This film chronicles Carlito's early years, and as the name suggests, his rise to power. Carlito was originally played by the quintessential gangster Al Pacino. This time aroun...( read more)
-
August 30, 2008Not as good as the original by any means. Sean Combs should not try to act...ever. Jay Hernandez wasn't bad, but nobody beats Pacino as Carlito.
-
June 1, 2008Not as bad as some people might be led to believe, but not as well done as the original - not that it was supposed to be. The acting is well done (and yes, even Diddy with a little more experience could become a good actor) with Hernandez doing a good job that was just short of b...( read more)
-
-
October 14, 2006A smart, stylish and wickedly funny crime thriller. A fun, hard hitting and endlessly entertaining movie. Slickly made and teriffically performed. Jay Hernandez is teriffic. He's an upcoming star.
-
-
-
June 5, 2009wooden acting, bad direction, and... P. Diddy... oh sorry i just found out he changed his name again to Sean.
-
March 9, 2009The acting leaves something to be desired, but the story, especially ending was good.
-
February 8, 2009Truly awful. Not even worth a page on my blog. Doh! I mean it was never going to be a patch on the original but even Terminator 3 and Alien Resurrection work as stand alone films in their field. Why do I have to watch everything, I've got to watch Southland Tales just because, bu...( read more)
Critic Reviews
No recent reviews.
View more Carlito's Way: Rise to Power reviews at RottenTomatoes.comComments
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Carlito's Way: Rise to Power" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
