Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)

Directed by

Michael Bregman

Genre

prison film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Carlito Brigante builds his drug empire in 1960s Harlem. The film shows his early life before the events of the original movie.

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What happens

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power is a 2005 prequel to Brian De Palma's 1993 film Carlito's Way. It is based on the 1975 novel Carlito's Way by Edwin Torres. The previous film was based on the 1979 Torres novel After Hours, but was retitled to avoid confusion with Martin Scorsese’s 1985 film of the same name. The film was written and directed by Michael Bregman, who produced the first film. His father, Martin Bregman, produced both films. The film was released in limited theaters 20 days prior to being released on DVD. Carlito's Way: Rise to Power stars Jay Hernandez as Carlito Brigante, and chronicles Brigante's rise as a heroin dealer in 1960s Harlem, New York. The film also features Mario Van Peebles, Michael Joseph Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Jaclyn DeSantis, Sean Combs, Burt Young, and Domenick Lombardozzi. Critically panned, the film nevertheless received Torres' commendation as an accurate adaptation of the first half of his novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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