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Empire State
- Director: Ron Peck
- Writer: Mark Ayres; Ron Peck
- Producer: Mark Ayres; Norma Heyman
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It's just too easy to condemn this film - there is so much wrong with it.
The major problems are: the writing, the acting and the direction.
Peck has absolutely nothing that could be equated with either talent or ability.
He could not spot a good performance if it hit him in the eye - not one actor remains unscathed.
Every performance is cringingly bad - that's what happens when the source material - i.e. the script - is a frolicking fiasco of illiteracy.
Shame on the funders - obviously they didn't read it - and shame on Peck - a justifiable end to a ridiculous career.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A British Screen Film Finance/Film Four production from cult British director Ron Peck (NIGHT HAWKS/FIGHTERS), EMPIRE STATE is a perfect mix of gangster action and the high camp of the eighties East End club scene at The Empire State nightclub in London's newly developed Docklands, a place where disparate lives intersect. Illusory, dangerous and glamorous, it is both the playground of the rich, and an escape from the poverty and squalor of the toughest reaches of the city. The Empire State is also the arena for a fierce struggle between the hard men who for decades ran the East End, and the new breed of racketeers. They're prepared to do anything to get control, and the fight for power will end with one of the most brutal orgies of violence the East End has ever seen.
Cast & Characters
Cathryn Harrison as Marion;
Jason Hoganson as Pete;
Elizabeth Hickling as Cheryl;
Jamie Foreman as Danny;
Emily Bolton as Susan;
Ian Sears as Paul;
Martin Landau as Chuck;
Lorcan Cranitch as Richard;
Ray McAnally as Frank;
Lee Drysdale as Rent-boy;
Jenny Bolt as Tricia;
Jimmy Flint as Billy;
John Levitt as Harry;
Ian McCurrach as 'Metropolis' editor;
Glen Murphy as Vince