Empire Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

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.

Crime Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Empire.

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  John Leguizamo

  Ice Age 6, Ice Age: Collision Course

• D
  Denise Richards

  Starship Troopers, Scary Movie 3

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  Peter Sarsgaard

  September 5, The Bride!

• I
  Isabella Rossellini

  Conclave, Joy

• R
  Ruben Blades

  Safe House, For Greater Glory

• N
  Nestor Serrano

  Secretariat, The Day After Tomorrow

• V
  Vincent Laresca

  Inside Man, Alpha Dog

• D
  Delilah Cotto

• F
  Fat Joe

  This Is Me...Now, Scary Movie 3

• T
  Treach

• C
  Carlos Leon

• S
  Sonia Braga

  Wonder, The First Omen

Crew Behind the Film

The Empire behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Franc Reyes last directed The Ministers and Illegal Tender.

Director

Franc Reyes

Screenwriters

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Production Details

What we know about the Empire movie production.

Production Updates for Empire

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Empire movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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