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Watch: Empire State 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – In London’s yuppie-dominated docklands of the 1980s Paul tries to make a deal with an American businessman However, he underestimates the clout of his old boss, a powerful Eastender..
Plot: In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it’s become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club.
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Ratings:

	5.2/10 Votes: 207
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	N/A Votes: 6 Popularity: 1.511 | TMDB

Reviews:

Not A Bad Drama But It’s Easy To See Why It’s Obscure
Richard is a journalist for Metropolis Magazine and attends the opening of the Empire State nightclub redevelopment . Whilst there he meets a teenager from Newcastle who is searching for a friend who worked at the club and who has disappeared in mysterious circumstances . Richard becomes more intrigued as the clientèle at the club may have shady secrets

EMPIRE STATE is a very obscure British thriller . It was shown once on channel four a year after its release . It’s one of these productions that Channel four churned out on an almost weekly basis that received a very limited release and the fact that a grand total of two people have commentated on the film on this page speaks volumes as to its obscurity . It’s not very difficult to understand why it’s obscure

This is a gangster thriller made in Britain and before Guy Ritchie came along very few British gangster films did well unless Michael Caine or Bob Hoskins were cast . This contrasts with American gangster films that followed a formula were a fatherless immigrant takes on the American dream that eventually becomes a a self destructive American nightmare . In other words capitalism has its uses whilst violent exploitation has none . In some ways EMPIRE STATE mirrors this in that the novue riche yuppies rather than violent working class hardmen are the new gangsters . Thatercherism has given a new respectability to crime but this rather underdeveloped

In fact the problem with the film is that the multiple character driven story lines are very much underdeveloped in that characters suddenly disappear and it’s noticeable they were only included to set up a plot turn , a plot turn that often frustratingly go nowhere . There’s also a strong homosexual subtext to the film which isn’t surprising since the director is Ron Peck .Is there anything more clichéd than a gay British gangster ? There’s also the terminal fault of a 1980s channel four production and that is that has a very TV type of look despite some graphic violence and bad language . It’s a film that never appears truly cinematic

That said if you’re able to remember club culture from the 1980s then it’s certainly a semi pleasant nostalgia trip. It’s very dated of course but for those of us who remember jackets with padded shoulders , big hair, a very expensive drink costing £1.40 and bars surrounded by cigarette smoke then it’s a film that brings back guilty memories . There’s also a case of spot the TV face before they became well known. But at the end of the day EMPIRE STATE will always be a forgotten gangster thriller from Britain

take-off of studio 54 ?
Empire state… is a nightclub in the rough and tumble east end of london. When blondie pete shows up, no-one seems to know his friend mick who works there, but there are many other things going on to keep him occupied. Martin landau, ten years after space 1999, is chuck, an investor in a nearby development project. There’s a gay undercurrent to the film as well. Lots of loose threads swirling around. There’s a reporter nosing around, and apparently there were several drug related deaths at the club. It seems they were using the club after hours as a fighting venue, with gambling. SO many subplots. It just gets silly. And violent, kind of a parody of studio 54. And the violence that was happening in london at the time. Cathryn harrison is marion, and gets top billing, apparently for being the grand-daughter of rex harrison. Directed by ron peck. Probably best known for nighthawks. Harrison died young at 59.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 44 min (104 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Thriller
Director Ron Peck
Writer Mark Ayres, Ron Peck
Actors Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
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Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm