Director Abel Ferraras King Of New York was recently reissued on Blu-ray.
King Of New Yorkalso arrived at a unique time in American filmmaking.
Understandably, Franks utopian vision doesnt go down to well with his fellow gangsters.
You know what, Frank?
Nor have Franks antics gone unnoticed by the local police.
Ferraras film presents an intriguing world of clashing opposites, where no one is wholly evil nor particularly good.
On the other side of the fence, theres Bishop and his fellow cops.
Once surrounded by splendour, bodyguards and call girls, Frank meets his end alone.
Swanky ballrooms quickly give way to ugly warehouses and run-down shops with peeling walls.
Classical music is drowned out by pounding hip-hop.
But beneath the diffuse lighting and comic book violence, theres something else going on inKing Of New York.
On the topic of killers, Fishburne is outstanding here.
Hes a creepy, unusually still sort of gangster, with his improbable blow-dry hair and pressed grey suit.
How about King Tito?
Frank asks during an extended monologue that serves as his epitaph.
He had 13-year-old girls hookin for him on the street.
Those guys are dead, because…
I dont wanna make money that way.
Theyre dead, because they were running this city into the ground…
I never got away with anything.
And I never killed anybody who didnt deserve it.
King Of New Yorkis out now on Blur-ray.
