this be just a butchering of a wonderful story by edwin torres . this movie doesn not follow the storyline in the book . and and there be so many inconsistency with the original movie that you have to wonder if the screenwriter have even see the first movie . al pacino ( the original and still the best carlito ) get out of prison at the start of the original one . here and carlito retires with his woman in paradise . what happen to gail from lorain and ohio . in this installment and she isn not mention and and carlito retires with and presumably will marry some other girl . also and where be kleinfeld . i think he be in the first book . i also like how mr. guzman play a totally different character in this film . he be pachanga back in the pacino day . now and he be nacho reyes and a killer from cuba . i remember that nacho reyes have a much big role in the book . it be a while since i read the book and but where do sean comb character come from . also and i think this movie really gloss over the racial tension in harlem that torres be write about . and and the mob doesn not get the treatment that they do in the book . they be also wipe out in this movie . but and magically the pleasant avenue bunch be around for the second movie . the book tell a great story . this movie could have tell a great story . this be just a huge disappointment . read the book . it a well use of your time .