A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Anthony 'Treach' Criss
- Chedda
- (as Treach)
Fat Joe
- Tito Severe
- (as Fat Joe 'Joseph Cartagena')
Nicole Gomez Fisher
- Waitress
- (as Nicole Fisher)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTo train for his part, John Leguizamo hung out with a gang of drug dealers and gangsters for a few days. They told him how to spot surveillance vans and deal drugs.
- GoofsWhen Trish falls onto the bed after Victor Rose meets up with her and Jack Whimmer in Miami, there are four bags surrounding her. In the next shot of the bed a few seconds later, there are only three bags, in different positions.
- Quotes
Victor Rosa: [Walking past a couple who are kissing] Hey. there's no tongue allowed here!
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: The Making of 'Empire' (2002)
- SoundtracksWelcome to My Empire
Written by Franc. Reyes and Tony Aliperti
Performed by La India
Courtesy of Sony Discos, Inc.
Featured review
trying to be hard
Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is a drug dealer in the South Bronx. He's made a lot of money with his crew Jimmy, Chedda, and Jay. He calls his area and his product Empire. He gets into a feud with a neighboring rival. His girlfriend Carmen goes to college with Trish (Denise Richards) who introduces them to her Wall Street banker boyfriend Jack (Peter Sarsgaard). Jack offers Victor an investment opportunity which requires him to get a loan from his drug source La Colombiana (Isabella Rossellini).
Leguizamo is trying to be hard and he's trying too hard. The narration tries to be hard-boiled. There is a lot of trying but a lot less succeeding. Writer/director Franc. Reyes is trying to mimic better gangster movies. There are ways to make this work but Reyes doesn't have it at this point.
Leguizamo is trying to be hard and he's trying too hard. The narration tries to be hard-boiled. There is a lot of trying but a lot less succeeding. Writer/director Franc. Reyes is trying to mimic better gangster movies. There are ways to make this work but Reyes doesn't have it at this point.
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,600,423
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,281,415
- Dec 8, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $18,591,272
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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