Paid In Full (2002)
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Ace (Wood Harris) is a young man working at a Harlem dry cleaning shop in the late 1980s, trying hard to stay out of the drug business. During one of his deliveries, he meets Lulu (Esai Morales), a drug dealer who persuades Ace to join him. Ace recruits his friends Mitch (Mekhi Phifer) and Rico (Cam'ron), and the three become major players in the Harlem drug underworld, a violent business that will put the friends' loyalty and wits to the test as the money rolls in and the dangers grow beyond their control. Trailer This was a pretty stellar crime drama with a lot to say. Rather than glorifying drugs and the associated lifestyle, it serves as a strong warning.
sPOILER aLERT!
Ace goes from being paid peanuts to making big bucks just to realise none of it is worth the harm it leaves behind.
PAID IN FULL (2001)