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Victor Rosa runs a successful "street pharmaceutical" business that peddles a high-in-demand heroin mix, which he has named "Empire". His beautiful fiancee, Carmen, a Baruch College student, befriends a classmate who has an investment-banker boyfriend named Jack Wimmer. Victor meets Jack, and they instantly connect. Both are hard-core businessmen from two different sides of the legal fence. When Jack offers Victor a piece of the action on the stock market, Victor finally sees that this could be his ticket out of the violent streets of the South Bronx--and so, he jumps at the opportunity. But there is a bigger price to be paid than clean money for his gorgeous new Soho lifestyle. For the first time, Victor is confronted with a price tag that he will find very difficult to pay.

Production
Arenas Entertainment; Bigel / Mailer Films; Universal Pictures;

Cast Names
John Leguizamo; Peter Sarsgaard; Denise Richards; Vincent Laresca; Isabella Rossellini; Sonia Braga; Delilah Cotto; Nestor Serrano; Anthony 'Treach' Criss; Rafael B�ez; Fat Joe; Carlos Leon; Felix Solis; Omar Pastran; Rob B. Campbell; Granville Adams; Jean-Luke Figueroa; Nicole Gomez-Fisher; Maritza Morgado; Sam Coppola; Karina Arroyave; Mike Figueroa; Marta Vidal; Andre De Leon; Monica Steuer; Teo Castellanos; Tanya Byers; Giovanna Gomez; Jaime Velez; Rosanne Lucarelli; Sally Simone Dealy; Christina Benitan; Edward Rosado; Tom York; Dashia Lopez; Luis Gonell; Tim Gallin; Elliot Santiago; Tony Rhune; Derrick Simmons;

Box Office
USD 17,504,595

Release Date
2002-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival)
2002-12-03 (premiere)
2002-12-06

Genres
Crime; Drama; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality.

Running Time
1 hr. 30 min.

Director
Franc. Reyes

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