Kingpin
Summary:
Widely touted as NBC's answer to The Sopranos, the six-episode series Kingpin also drew heavily from the British mini-series Traffik. The nominal protagonist in this seamy, violent tale of a Mexican drug-trading family was Yancey Arias as Miguel Cadena, the Stanford-educated heir apparent to the Cardena criminal dynasty. Together with his icy, coke-addicted wife, Marl... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Yancey Arias - (Miguel Cadena)
Sheryl Lee - (Marlene Cadena)
Bobby Cannavale - (Chato Cadena)
Brian Benben - (Dr. Heywood Klein)
Ruben Carbajal - (Joey Cadena)
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Review:
In its quest to capture some of the mobster mojo of HBO's The Sopranos, NBC commissioned veteran writer/producer David Mills to come up with a modern-day gangster saga that would push the boundaries of language, sex, and violence on broadcast network television. Kingpin did just that, setting the mobsters in Mexico, but to mixed revi... Continue >>
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