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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.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Charles Stone III
Production: Dimension Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2002
97 min
$3,042,188
7,826 Views


you know that nigga, man.

You know him.

He sell a lot of coke, man.

- When you get out, man?

- Sh*t, man. I don't even know, man.

We gonna keep that on the low,

I ain't seen you, you ain't seen me,

a'ight, Ace?

Ahh, special.

You stay cool like how you be cool, a'ight?

- A'ight. Water.

- A'ight.

Yo, I'm Rico, man, how you doin', G.?

Just wanna say good lookin'

on that little situation.

Oh, that sh*t back there

was nothin', man.

Anything you need, let me know.

That's why I'm here, B.

- Good lookin', man.

- Yeah, definitely, man.

Hey, yo, let me get an extra water, B.

- Good. Thank you, man.

- Where you from, B.?

Oh, I'm from everywhere, baby.

Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens,

uptown, downtown.

- Oh, yeah? You from everywhere, huh?

- Switzerland.

It's early.

It's only midnight?

12:
30.

Damn.

Who that?

- Hmm?

- Who's that?

I don't know this number.

Oh, you don't know

the number, huh?

Here come the bullshit.

Unh-unh.

Can I get two more grape sodas?

Get on over here.

No, don't come over here.

I'm serious.

You got the sauce all on your cheeks.

Oh, yeah, now you wanna be all on me.

When we was in the club,

you was dashin' out.

What was up with that?

What you mean

what was up with me at the club?

The club ain't my scene.

I like to go to the club,

take care of my business,

Talk to the people I need to talk to,

put it down like that.

Everybody checkin' you,

checkin' me, all flashy and sh*t.

That's not my thing.

You're just borin', that's all.

That's all.

- I ain't that boring.

- Oooh, oooh.

- Big sh*t.

- I really ain't that boring.

What, I'm supposed to take this

and go shopping?

If I'm so borin',

why you with me?

First of all,

I ain't impressed by that.

I'm with you 'cause I'm borin', too.

Night?

Give me that money back

and give me a kiss.

Word to mother, man.

Word to mother, man.

She's feelin' good.

Word.

Yo. Yo, these guys have been

lookin' for you all day.

I don't know these motherfuckers, man.

- Yo, Ace, right?

- Yeah, man.

What's goin' on, baby?

Yo, I hear you got that butter.

You holdin'?

You know me, man,

or somebody?

I don't think you know me, man,

you know what I'm sayin'?

I think somebody been misleadin'

you, you know what I mean?

Ah, come on, man.

Look at you.

Got this European joint all done up,

- All rimmed out and everything.

- Hey, yo, my man,

me and my man right now,

we chillin' right here.

We tryin' to build right here

inside of here.

I don't know nothin'

about what you talkin' about, Understand?

Yo, we'll meet up again, right?

Different time,

different circumstances?

Yeah, maybe it'll be love next time,

you know what I'm sayin'?

A'ight. Maybe.

Corny motherfuckers, man.

Got the silent routine,

his boy with him and sh*t.

Something was up with those cats.

They was either stickup kids or the feds.

Either way,

I wasn't f***in' with 'em.

Hey, yo. Lulu?

Moneybags?

Excuse me, um--

What's going on?

Do you know this man?

No, um--

But I'm here about Lulu.

Lulu-- uh.

He-- Somebody killed him.

You know, I found him.

Why come here?

Well, it being that, you know,

me and him, we did a lot

of business together, right?

One time he brought me here before,

so that's why I came here.

Hmm. How much in the bag'?

- 200 long.

- 200?

Why didn't you keep it?

Damn.

Nah. I ain't like that, man.

Know what I mean?

Oh, um--

Eduardo, calm.

Not here, man.

Calm yourself, Eduardo.

What you got there?

What you got there?

It's just some stuff that I, you know.

- What?

- It's Lulu.

- Eh?

- He likes the rocks.

Luis Lujano.

Yeah, cash is too bulky for him.

Real Estate and rocks,

that's his game.

Hmm. So, let me get this straight.

You just gonna give me all this stuff.

Why? I mean, it's not my birthday.

I'm saying I sold a lot for him,

you know what I mean?

And, uh--

Maybe we go on.

Oh.

Can you handle 10 keys all by yourself?

- Yeah.

- Good.

See, the thing about the game is,

the sh*t don't stop.

You could be hurt,

and it don't matter.

Business will still roll up on you.

Hey, Yo-

YO, yo! yo'

What's up, man?

Rico buggin' out.

Holy sh*t.

My nigga.

That's my nigga-

What up, B.?

What's happening?

- What's up?

- You're Ace, right? Huh?

Yeah, no doubt, baby.

It's a navy blue Beemer, huh?

- Yeah.

- Doin' your thing, man.

Gold BBS', '87.

- '87 joint, huh?

- Word.

Hey, yo, man,

I'm Mitch's man, B.

You got any problems, man,

let me know, man, a'ight?

Yeah, no doubt.

- We'll talk.

- We gonna talk, B.

We definitely gonna do some business, B.

when Mitch get out,

Me, you, and Mitch

gonna do some business.

What's up, partner?

Home!

I'm home, baby.

- Yeah!

- Yo, yo, yo.

Listen, give this to Mitch.

Yeah, that's the little punk there.

Got little man

giving me bricks of money now?

Hey, what you doin' over here, man?

Y'all doin' things while a nigga gone?

Check this girl out!

You all right?

I'm good.

Yo, baby.

Glad to be home, man.

Yeah, man.

Glad to see you, man.

I been hearin' wonderful things

about you, man.

- Oh, yeah?

- No lie about that, man.

I see you got your little jewel shining,

Got a beeper now.

Got a beeper now.

Nigga got a Rolex now.

What you doin', B.?

Yeah, yeah, no doubt.

And that's lookin' very fresh.

Very fresh.

- Yeah?

- I see you doin' good things, B.

You like that?

Love that.

That's my style right there.

Hold onto that, man.

It is your style,

you know what I'm sayin'?

Ain't quite my style.

This nigga here.

Little somethin', kid.

Word, man, word, man.

No doubt.

Yo, but on the real --

Hey, man.

You wanna hook a nigga up, man?

Hook me up with some of them keys

I been hearin' about,

you know what I'm sayin'?

- I got you, man.

- Back, baby.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Your nigga's back, man.

A'ight? Let's do this.

I got you.

Let's see what this lookin' like.

See what the hell's going on

with this here, man.

Let's see how the engine sounds, Ace.

You understand, making sure

you ain't, you know--

To my nigga Mitch back home

for beatin' that murder rap.

Can't keep a good nigga down.

Yeah, we get money uptown style, a'ight?

It felt good to be rollin' through Harlem

top down and Mitch at the wheel.

I just wanted to get my man set up

and back where he belong,

on the stage.

The Maximas, the Jettas--

Don't know how we do the roll.

We got a lot of things poppin' off, yo.

We got a lot of things poppin' off.

I saw your man, man.

I talked to your man, um--

Panamanian,

Puerto Rican cat.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I seen him.

Talked to me.

- He came up on me.

- Oh, uh, Rico.

I had a little confrontation

in there, you know.

He definitely did, uh,

come through, man, you know.

Not sayin' that a nigga

ain't gonna handle

what a nigga gotta handle, you know.

- No question.

- He definitely did, but at the same time--

You know, the nigga definitely

did show me some love, so.

Thinkin' that, you know,

it might be good--

You know, maybe we could

throw him in there somewhere,

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