Although this movie isn't particularly recent, the characters happen to be relevant to current events. The show starts in the slums, the New York variety, where the gangs are living a competitive life of owning useless property and fighting over chunks of sidewalk. One day, the drug dealer gets mixed up with a shady Wall Street guy. Rather than steal from the middle class like they usually do, they start scamming each other. Wow how great is that? Two detestable social classes that I dislike are going at each other's throats. It's almost as if the death penalty got replaced by a gladiatorial ring, giving both society and criminals what they want. (see Felony Fights)
Empire is a movie designed to show the corruptive effects of capitalism in all it's glory. Released in 2002 during the middle of the dot com recession, this was probably what people wanted to see at the time. As the movie nears conclusion, the moral of the story suddenly changes to "crime doesn't pay". The shock of this alone makes this a shitty movie.
Mexican Tupac gets scammed and young Bernie Madoff gets shot.
Rating: 30%
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