Description
The movie is about a man who has just been released from prison and is trying to make a new life for himself. He is pressured by people around him to return to his old ways, but he decides to try and lead a better life. There are a lot of suspenseful scenes, most notably a chase through Grand Central Station. The movie is based on two novels by a judge who grew up in East Harlem.
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Brian De Palma, who directed Pacino a decade earlier in SCARFACE, makes this seem almost like that film's sequel. As expected, there's plenty of elaborate tracking shots and suspenseful set pieces, most memorably a pulse-pounding chase through Grand Central Station.
It's adapted from two novels by New York Supreme Court Judge Edwin Torres based on his childhood in East Harlem.
- Language: English
- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Runtime: 138 min
- Zone: Region 2
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