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King of New York

Not everyone who runs a city is elected.

Rating 6.8 / 10Release July 18, 1990Runtime 103 min

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

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