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Empire Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Empire

Release Date: Friday, December 6, 2002

Director: Franc Reyes

Starring: John Leguizamo Denise Richards Peter Sarsgaard Isabella Rossellini Ruben Blades

R Crime N/A

  • 2.6 / 5.0
58% 42%

Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is all about the mighty dollar and fashions himself as a businessman on par with Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Bill Gates. With an iron fist, he runs a successful "street pharmaceutical" business that peddles a heroin mix he has named Empire. His beautiful fiancée, Carmen, a Baruch College student, befriends a classmate with an investment-banker boyfriend, 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, he sees his ticket out of the violent streets of the South Bronx and 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 difficult to pay.
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Who stars in Empire – Cast List

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Who is making Empire – Crew List

A look at Empire behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Franc Reyes last helmed The Ministers and Illegal Tender.

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Production – What we know about the Empire

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, and some sexuality
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Empire Release Date: When was the film released?

Empire was released in on Friday, December 6 , 2002. There were four other movies released on the same date, including Equilibrium, Analyze That and Adaptation..

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