King of New York 4K 1990 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

After leaving prison, gangster Frank White announces that he will take control of the entire drug trade in New York and destroy everyone who gets in his way. New York is becoming the scene of a bloody showdown for the drug market worth more than a billion dollars.

Frank and his gang, consisting mostly of blacks, methodically destroy the bosses of Colombian, Italian and Chinese groups. At his headquarters in the luxurious apartments of the Plaza Hotel, protected by two adorable bodyguards, Frank proclaims himself the king of New York. The police, unable to deal with Frank, declare a real war on him ...

Review 4K Movie

Abel Ferrara is, after all, a great director. Based on the familiar plot moves and genre clichés, with the help of pretentious phrases about justice and justice, with the help of painfully familiar images from the criminal environment, combining all this with an amazing visual series, powerful music and a realistic picture of modern New York, he created a masterpiece of criminal movie. A short gangster saga, but no less ambitious, which can be safely compared with the best films of Coppola and Scorsese in the same genre. Ferrara does not romanticize crime bosses, but shows them as psychopaths and scum who are ready to drown the city in blood for money and to satisfy their ego, they say, 'I am the king of New York, and no one else.' Ferrara also shows honest police officers not only from the good side, but as living people, each of whom has a dark side and a skeleton in the closet, they can also smoke weed and cheat on their wives - their only positive feature is their fanatical desire to eradicate crime. But such a confrontation does not end quite usually - there is no happy ending, but evil does not rejoice either. The scenes of chases and shootings were shot very vividly and dynamically so that it is literally impossible to take your eyes off the screen. Well-chosen actors, Laurence Fishburne especially delighted in the role of an eccentric frostbitten bandit. What is also very interesting - there is no humor, no irony, not a single joke in the film - the whole film is very serious and only benefits from this. Brilliant visuals and powerful music are very impressive and create a unique atmosphere not so much for the picture itself as for the city of New York. New York is shown here as a very dirty and bad place - compared to Ferrara's picture of New York, the picture of New York in Fincher's film Seven looks like a cute New Year's card.

In general, the film was shot according to the canons of the genre with a unique masterful direction.