It makes up for overly familiar tropes: drug dealing as one of the only ways to be successful in the ghetto, the Goodfellas "looking back" voice-over. It heightens the grit of the story and gives space to the talented actors to bring these characters to life. The low-budget feel to the movie serves it well. Even though Ace is recovering and now wants out of the game, he must find out who is behind the kidnapping while not only going out on top, but staying alive. Ace barely manages to survive the incident, and at the same time, Mitch's younger brother is kidnapped and held for ransom. Things take a huge turn for the worse when Calvin attempts to rob Ace at his Aunt June's apartment. But Ace's power begins to crumble when Calvin comes back and wants to regain his place on top, and Rico's violent and flamboyant methods attract the wrong kind of attention. When Mitch gets out of jail, they become even more successful, and they are joined by Rico, who ferociously defended Mitch in prison, thus earning his trust. Ace more than adequately fills the void left by Mitch and Calvin, and the money starts rolling in. Around the same time that Mitch and Calvin, another drug dealer, are caught and sent to prison, Ace befriends a man named Lulu, who convinces Ace to start dealing cocaine. His friend Mitch ( Mekhi Phifer), on the other hand, is bringing in lots of money as a drug dealer. It's the mid-1980s in Harlem, and Ace ( Wood Harris) works at a laundromat, struggling to get by in PAID IN FULL. Fighting, punches, and kicks are also part of the violence. Two women are shot and killed while tied up in bed. Gun violence occurs: characters shot to death and at close range a character shot in the head. There's drug use - cocaine and heroin - and alcohol drinking, plus drug dealing scenes. In one scene, one of the characters at a party plays for his friends a video of him having sex with a woman. There's profanity in nearly every line of dialogue: The "N" word, "motherf-r," and "f-k" are frequently used. Parents need to know that Paid in Full is a 2002 movie based on a true story about the rise and fall of a drug dealer in mid-1980s Harlem. Alcohol drinking.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Character briefly shown shooting heroin in the bathroom. Bulk amounts of cocaine shown, bagged up for selling.
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