Empire 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc. Reyes
Cast: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, Isabella Rossellini, Sonia Braga, Delilah Cotto, Nestor Serrano, Anthony "Treach" Criss, Rafael Baez, Fat Joe
Drug dealer Vic Rosa (John Leguizamo) decides to go straight and befriends a shady investment banker, Jack (Peter Sarsgaard), who invests Vic's ill-gotten money in the stock market. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Gold Coast 1997  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
Director: Peter Weller
Cast: David Caruso, Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger, Jeff Kober, Wanda De Jesus, Richard Bradford, Rafael Baez, Michael Daves, Fred Weller, Melissa Hickey
Karen DiCilia (Marg Helgenberger) is the wealthy widow of a gangster who set conditions of her inheritance to prevent her involvement with any man. Unaware of the will's provision, an opportunist, Maguire (David Caruso), and a professional killer, Roland Crowe (Jeff Kober), vie for Karen's affection.
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 Shanghai Noon 2000  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tom Dey
Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Rongguang Yu, Cui Ya Hi, Walton Goggins, Rafael Baez
Once again Jackie Chan provides a hilarious story. As a guard in China's Imperial Palace, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is sent to America where he teams up with a train robber in the 1881 Wild West. Together the unlikely duo sets out to rescue the beautiful princess.
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Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... 1998 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Schenkman
Cast: Jon Cryer, Rick Stear, Rafael Baez, Ione Skye, Frank Whaley, Peter Gerety, Akili Prince, Aesha Waks, Dominic Chianese, Susan Foster, Christina Hernandez, William Wise, Patricia Mauceri
[Full title: "Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God...Be Back by Five"] Daniel (Jon Cryer), Stan (Rick Stear), and Richie (Rafael Baez) were boyhood friends. Now, years later, Dan and Stan get word that Richie, who hasn't been in the picture since high school, is wandering around Coney Island finding shelter under the boardwalk with other homeless souls. With that news, Dan and Stan plan a rescue mission.
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| 1. Empire (2002)
2. Gold Coast (1997)
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
3. Shanghai Noon (2000)
4. Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... (1998)
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