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An Afro-American works at the laundry. Countless times he is tempted by the money of his rich friend, Mitch. One day Mitch goes to jail so Ace starts forming his own illicit empire, but later gives in as his conscience comes knocking in.
3 May 1971, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1966, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
1 October 1962, Brooklyn, New York, USA
6 September 1976, Bronx, New York, USA
10 December 1967, Birmingham, England, UK
1 October 1975, Flushing, New York, USA
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
1966
16 July 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
17 October 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 February 1977, Düsseldorf, Germany
23 September 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 12, 2017
hough it shows bling, strong feelings for the inner city and the acting is solid, the derivative story won't knock you out.
October 25, 2002
Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance.
October 25, 2002
Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors.
October 29, 2002
I'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up. I liked it just enough.
October 25, 2002
A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them.
November 15, 2002
Stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation.
November 03, 2002
For a rapsploitation film to target and frown upon the darker forces of its nature is certainly a good sign for the maturation of the genre.
November 21, 2005
"Paid In Full" is not the kind of movie that George W. Bush will ever see.
January 27, 2009
Harris and Phifer's chemistry lends the inevitable tragedies some genuine punch.
October 28, 2002
Very familiar, yes, but a stylish and above all well-acted tale of friendships gone sour and the inevitable steep price of crime -- a much better movie than it's ever going to get credit for.
October 25, 2002
This familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences, though it's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times.
October 25, 2002
It does offer an uncommon thoughtfulness that makes it far less exploitative or sensationalistic than most examples of its genre.
