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A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 53%, Metacritic 49/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
255 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles Stone IIIDirector
- Matthew CirulnickScreenplay
- Thulani DavisScreenplay
Cast
- Wood HarrisAce
- Cam'ronRico
- Mekhi PhiferMitch
- Kevin CarrollCalvin
- Chi McBridePip
- Regina HallKiesha
- Esai MoralesLulu
- Cynthia MartellsDora
- Elise NealAunt June
- Ron Cephas JonesIce
- Nelson TynesWedge
- Derrick SimmonsTaunting Guy
Stills
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Themes
new york citystreet gangdrug smugglinggangsterdrug traffickingrapperghettofistfightorganized crimeurban settingracial slurstreet life