Fri., Dec. 6, 2002 12:00 AM PST
Drugs are bad. Violence is everywhere. Get-rich-quick schemes don't work. Okay, we
get it! The
Empire strikes out with a lot of life lessons we already know and stuff we've all seen before. When South Bronx drug dealer
John Leguizamo finds a conscience after an innocent boy is killed, he decides that he wants to get off the streets. So, he hooks up with shady Wall Street investment banker
Peter Sarsgaard, who can seemingly turn millions into billions.
Writer-director Franc Reyes tries to deliver a moral message that living this kind of life ain't worth it. Problem is,
Empire mistakenly glorifies the gunplay and interjects rabble-rousing humor that'll surely send a mixed signal. What's worse is that no one's entertained along the way. Well, unless you consider watching
Denise Richards (as Sarsgaard's girlfriend) butcher one scene after another a form of entertainment.
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