Carlito's Way: Rise to Power stars Jay Hernandez as Carlito Brigante, and chronicles Brigante's rise as a heroin drug czar in 1960s Harlem, New York. The film also features Mario Van Peebles, Michael Joseph Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Jaclyn DeSantis, Sean Combs, Burt Young, and Domenick Lombardozzi. Critically panned, the film nevertheless received Torres's as an accurate adaptation of the first half of his novel. The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug
Carlito Galvez Jr. Army 104th Brigade , and The 6th Infantry Division. He is happily married to Marissa M. Pascua, an international flight purser of Philippine Airlines, and they have a daughter, Mary Frances Therese. Carlito Galvez Jr. Carlito Guancing Galvez, Jr. is a Filipino General and the incumbent Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985 (Class of Sandiwa). He is also known for his leadership in the AFP Western Mindanao Command during the Battle of Marawi. He is also a recipient of the United States Eisenhower Fellowships