King of New York

King of New York (1990) is Abel Ferrara's crime thriller, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Drug lord Frank White walks out of prison with one plan: seize control of every deal moving through the city.

Frank, played by Christopher Walken, fancies himself a Robin Hood, vowing to funnel his profits into a hospital for the poorest neighborhoods while he methodically guns down the Colombian, Italian and Chinese crews standing in his way. He rules from a suite in the Plaza Hotel. Hunting him is a squad of strung-out cops, including a young David Caruso as a detective ready to break the rules. The city becomes a battlefield where saint and killer blur with every shot fired.

Watch for Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito in early supporting turns, a whole bench of future stars. Ferrara shoots New York cold, neon-lit and dangerous, and Walken carries the whole thing on raw, twitchy charisma. It's brutal and refuses to moralize, built for fans of hard-edged noir. Stream King of New York (1990) online on iFILM.