There are a million stories about criminals sprung from jail who vow to go straight. And then there’s Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way. Al Pacino—swaggering, streetwise, lovesick—gives one of his ...

"I was just kind of sick of that kind of routine," he told GQ. "So I turned it down three times." At that point, the Colombian actor had played a gangster in more than a handful of movies. John ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...