# Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)

> A Puerto Rican ex-con and his closest friends pursue power in the 1960s heroin trade, only to find loyalty and survival pulling in opposite directions.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7037

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Michael Bregman
- Cast: Jay Hernandez, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzmán, Sean Combs, Michael Kelly, Giancarlo Esposito, Burt Young, Casper Martinez
- TMDB rating: 4.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427038/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, fatalistic, gritty, crime movie night, double feature with a gangster classic

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