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Burt Young, Domenick Lombardozzi, Giancarlo Esposito, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Jay Hernandez, Jessica Leigh Johnson, Jewlisa Bermuda, Luis Guzman, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Kelly, Raquel Alessi, Sean
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
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Rise 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)
Not 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.
Not 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)
A 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.
wooden acting, bad direction, and... P. Diddy... oh sorry i just found out he changed his name again to Sean.
The acting leaves something to be desired, but the story, especially ending was good.
Truly 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)
