Paid in Full Page #6

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
8,280 Views


you know, I don't know.

We might be able to use--

You know, it's up to you,

you know what I'm sayin'?

Hey, Mitch,

how much this cost?

Man, why you worried about

how much those cost?

You 'bout to buy a car or somethin'?

Yo, so when you gonna

take me to the club?

Come on, little man,

you don't need to be up in no club.

I just wanna see it.

Well, Uncle Ice say y'all in

there throwin' your cash around,

lookin' all y.

Let me tell you something,

little man.

F*** Ice.

Don't be listenin' to Ice.

You hear what I'm sayin'?

Look at me, man.

Ice ain't no real man.

A real man handles his business.

A real man takes care of his family.

Ice don't do none of that.

You understand?

The only thing you need to be

concerned with right now

is going to school.

That's it, a'ight?

A'ight.

- A'ight?

- A'ight.

- You ready to be a big man?

- Yeah.

Come sit in the front seat, man. A'ight?

Mr. Mitch, man,

I've been lookin' all over for you, man.

How you doin'?

- I'm chillin'.

- Good.

Life is good, man.

I can tell.

Chubby Beemer, huh?

- This next year's sh*t?

- You know how I do, man.

Sh*t is hot right here, man.

I seen you and A. up at 55th 10,

the Porsches up, man.

Happy you back in business, man,

you're doin' your thing, man.

I'm hearin' life is good

for you, too, man.

You know, cats is tellin' me

you're doin' your thing on the east side,

so I guess this

situation with A.

is workin' out pretty good.

Listen, man, you know I'm gonna do my thing.

I'm gonna eat regardless.

That don't mean nothing but trou--

I been down in D.C.

- D.C.?

- D.C. Is definitely ready for us, man.

D.C. is it.

I'm tellin' you, man.

Mitch, look at me.

D.C.

D.C. Is it.

We need to make that happen.

Yo, you spoke to A. about that?

I mean, you know,

I spoke to A., but A. is A.

You know, he runnin' around,

tellin' me get with him later on.

You know how it is.

But we need to make

the D.C. thing happen.

I'm gonna talk to him, B.

- I'm gonna talk to him.

- That's why I love you.

That's why I love you.

Good lookin' out, man.

I appreciate that, man.

Good lookin' out.

- That your little man right there?

- No doubt.

- What up, little man?

- What's up, man?

- You a'ight?

- Yeah!

Little motherf***er need a medallion

'round that big-ass head of his, B.

But, Mitch, get with me, man.

D.C. Is it, man, holler at me, man.

Rico came through,

acting all excited and all that,

talkin' 'bout he ready

to expand or somethin'.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

What you think about that, B.?

Expand like what?

I don't know, I didn't really get to talk

to him too much about it.

He talkin' 'bout he wanna go

to D.C. or somethin'.'

No, man. No, man.

I ain't goin' nowhere, man.

That's what I'm sayin'--

You know, Harlem, man.

Showin' us love here.

No doubt.

Life is good in Harlem, baby.

Yo, remember me, junior?

What's up, baby?

You out?

Yeah, but f*** all that, man.

I heard you top dog now.

Yeah, man,

know what I'm sayin'?

- Live and maintain.

- Yeah?

This nigga maintaining.

Niggas all over the world tellin' me

you runnin' the neighborhood.

Walk with me over here, man.

Yeah.

I'll be back.

Hey, yo.

Y'all hold on, man.

Yeah.

Hey, you know I'm gonna handle this, right?

I mean, you know how I was.

Yeah, but, you know,

that was then.

Now, see, listen,

this how it's gonna go down.

I'm gonna-- Look, I'm gonna set you up

with a little corner,

You know what I--

You understand what I'm sayin'?

But, um, I'm gonna let my man work it.

So, all you gotta do,

Calvin, man,

Is just lay low and make this money.

Yeah, come on, baby.

You know I don't relax with the help.

You know how I get down.

And if-- I'm sayin',

look at you, though, man.

This is-- God.

Come on, man. You understand.

Junior doin' his thing.

Ace.

Just call me "Ace."

You're about to get your

motherfuckin' head slapped off

Your motherfuckin' shoulders, b*tch.

Wait right here, man.

- Hey, yo, B.

- What's up, B.?

This nigga, Wedge,

one of your workers, man?

Word. So, what's up, D.?

They sayin' he was tryin'

to set you up, B.

- Come on, man.

- Hey, man, come find--

Hey, yo, bring this b*tch-ass nigga

over here, B.

I know this nigga ain't tryin' to set me up.

What's up, man?

You feedin' this

motherf***er, too, man. F***.

Hey, yo, so what's going on, man?

I'm hearin' things, man.

- Both hands down, man.

- Put your f***in' hands down, man.

Everything ain't all right, man?

I ain't eatin'!

You ain't eatin'?

What you mean you ain't--

You ain't makin' this paper, man?

Everybody eats, B.

Man, f*** this nigga, man.

Don't look me in my motherfuckin' face

like that, man, look away.

F*** this nigga, B.

Turn around. Move up.

Stay still, motherf***er.

Ah!

Get your ass out of here,

motherf***er.

Hey, yo, B.

Hey, yo, A., man,

That's what the f*** will happen

to anybody disre--

Put that away, man.

You're right, you're right,

you're right.

But that's what the f***

will happen to anybody

who disrespect

this family, man.

Me and you is family.

I'm not gonna let that sh*t slide, B.

If I hear somethin' goin' on,

I'm gonna handle it, B.

- Word.

- 'Cause niggas not gonna disrespect,

when my niggas feel the same way, B.

And that's what's gonna f***in'

happen to anybody who disrespects you, B.

I love you, B. Anything, B.

Let me know, man.

- All right, baby.

- A'ight?

Word most.

Look out. Let this nigga

get in the whip, man.

- Let me know, man.

- You got it, baby.

The chain, B.?

Oh, got your man.

You're shinin' now, nigga.

You good now.

You good now, nigga.

You a ice nigga, we good.

A'ight? Where the f***

is the flash at?

Where the f*** is the flash?

Take the f***in'

picture right, man.

Get it right!

Hey, what's goin' on, dog?

It's good, man?

Poppin'!

Lookin' good, D.

Chillin', man,

you know my peoples, man.

- Y'all met already.

- What's up, man?

- He's family, coz.

- Yo, man.

Yeah, we met up on that ride.

Know what I mean?

Yo, sorry 'bout all that, you know?

I wasn't tryin' to get up

all on you or nothin' like that.

You know, hope there's no hard

feelings or anything like that.

In my part of D.C.,

it's just not poppin',

so I thought I'd come to you.

A'ight.

What's goin' on?

I got his number,

So you can holler at him

when you get a chance,

Know what I mean?

My Peoples. My peoples.

Yo, by the way, you got a price

in on them things?

Yeah, man, I got your number,

you know what I'm sayin'?

A'ight, man.

I'll give you a call.

A'ight, dog.

It's all good, man.

A'ight.

What you doin', cousin?

Hey, why your family act

so motherfuckin' nervous, man?

- They're my peoples, man.

- Nigga act like the feds.

Let's take

the motherfuckin' picture.

That's how you f***, nigga.

You see?

I hit her with

the doggie sh*t right there.

You see it?

You see it right there?

This is the greatest stuff.

What's happenin', baby?

Nigga, you see.

You see, right?

Do you see?

Yeah, yeah.

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