The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert AdetuyiDirector
- Frank FitzpatrickOriginal Music Composer
- Robert AdetuyiScreenplay
Cast
- Pras MichelDenzel / Diamond
- Ja RuleDavid 'Gage' Williams
- Jason StathamMr. B
- Vondie Curtis-HallCliff
- Tamala JonesKia
- John RalstonMr. White
- Chris MessinaBaz
- Eugene ClarkMarshall
- Derwin JordanSeamus
- Patrice GoodmanJane
- Chang TsengMr. Chang
- Harry-OMaster Mix