Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

CARLITO'S WAY: RISE TO POWER is a perfectly mediocre crime picture about a young tough who's working his way up to the big time. It's unique in that it's a prequel to the excellent CARLITO'S WAY, which saddles the newer picture's star with the burden of both creating his own character and doing a rough Al Pacino impression throughout. The guy does a fine job, but I've been more entertained by the five minutes of MY COUSIN VINNY playing in the background than I was throughout the whole thing.