Paid In Full (2002)

overview

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.

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PAID IN FULL (2001)

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