Review of Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) by Shane K — 27 Nov 2009
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!!!! One of the most pointless prequels ever created, Carlito's Way Rise To Power is still watchable. Carlito's Way is one of the great film's of the nineties. This movie seems to ignore it.
Other than the fact that a nightclub is called Sasso's & there's a drug dealer named Carlito "Charlie" Brigante I can't see any discernible connection. This can be a blessing in disguise there isn't any lame "Hey I'm Juan Blanco from the Bronx, this my kid brother Benny" or "you better not drink & drive Lalin, you'll end up in a wheelchair" type allusions.
The story is okay the twist & turns of the plot are good in a sort of clunky thriller way & the dialogue doesn't have any cheesy clangers that spring to mind. The juxtaposition of supposed of ice cold killers like Hollywood Nicky (thats the one Diddy plays) & whoever Luiz Guzman played & their wacky interactions with other characters (ru ro!! you'd better not eat food in Diddy.
.I mean Nicky's pimpmobile) doesn't work at all. If this movie were called Juan Ramirez Rise to Power I wouldn't have given it a second glance. Frankly it might as well be the amount it has to do with the DePalma Pacino movie.
There's worse way's to spend ninety minutes or so just don't spend money on it.
This review of Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) was written by Shane K on 27 Nov 2009.
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power has generally received mixed reviews.
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