Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Leguizamo nearly passed up on "Carlito's Way" as he was tired of being typecast as a gangster. "I was just kind of sick of ...

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Fresh out of prison, Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) meets with his flamboyant lawyer, David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), to finalize the details of their investment in a local nightclub. Amidst the "matter of ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

Sean Penn and Al Pacino in Carlito’s Way. Sean Penn and Al Pacino in Carlito’s Way.Louis Goldman—Universal Pictures/Everett Collection There are a million stories about criminals sprung from jail who ...

Follow ex-drug lord Carlito Brigante as he tries to escape his violent, treacherous past in the original Carlito's Way. Then delve into Carlito's early years as he is seduced by the brutal New York ...

Follow ex-drug lord Carlito Brigante as he tries to escape his violent, treacherous past in the original Carlito's Way. Then delve into Carlito's early years as he is seduced by the brutal New York ...

Even by the notoriously undemanding standards of direct-to-vid spin-offs, "Carlito's Way: Rise to Power" is conspicuously underwhelming. Despite its tenuous ties to Brian De Palma's flashy and trashy ...

Any attempt to make a prequel to Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way—especially a low-budget, direct-to-video follow-up—would be fraught with dangers. And for its disastrous first half-hour, Carlito's Way: ...