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King of New York

Picking Nits

Walken punching Snipes; one-sided Chinatown shootout; funeral assassination; Snipes calling out Jimmy; Joey's sellout

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  • Walken punching Snipes repeatedly at his first arrest would realistically have given the cops their excuse to shoot Frank.
  • The Chinatown shootout is little one-sided, a 10-to-zero win, though loved as a callback to Scarface.
  • Caruso being assassinated at a police funeral is still not fully believed, though enjoyed.
  • Snipes wandering into a dark open area calling out Jimmy is questioned; adrenaline after the car chase is offered as the explanation.
  • Why Joey, Paul Calderon's character, set up Frank's crew is questioned; one theory is he knew Frank was doomed and the cops were his only buyer.
  • Frank's plan seemed to work like a charm, compared to the unstoppable train 777 in Unstoppable, until the cops went rogue; whether cops can be trusted not to go rogue may be unanswerable.