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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
7,589 Views


Man, why don't you just

put your sh*t in a bag, man?

F*** a bag, man.

Just, uh-- You worry about

the cleaning and sh*t,

You know what I mean, 'cause I know

you making money up in this b*tch.

- Can I help you?

- Uh, nah, that's cool.

My man Ace Boogie gonna handle that.

I got it, Mr. Pip.

No, he on his way out the door.

I'll help you.

You can change that, right?

That's a big-ass bill.

Hey, you know how it go down.

No, sorry.

A'ight, well, um--

Why don't you keep the change?

Nah, you know what?

F*** that.

Give it to my man,

Ace Boogie, a'ight?

He's family, right, baby?

- Yeah, right, man.

- Nah, I'm just saying,

I hate to see Kate's big brother

working in a sweatbox.

So, yo, you ever want to get out,

Come on, Calvin.

Calvin, don't do that.

He's doin' fine.

Yo, baby, what I told you

about runnin' your mouth --

Why don't you relax, Doctor?

How you doin', baby?

I'm doin' fine, Mr. Pip.

Yeah, she doin' fine, thank you.

Hey, yo, Hop Sing,

why don't you keep workin' hard,

'cause it's gonna pay off,

you know what I mean?

I'm gonna catch you

on the rebound.

All right, let's bounce, baby.

His monkey-ass ain't worked

a hard day in his life.

That's why he don't know how

to act with all of that money.

Think he the King of Harlem.

I hope your sister know

with that fool

it's only a matter of time.

A matter of time.

Well, congratulations!

Good job, and you really put it

away there in that speed round.

And now, last time you got a car--

All right, now,

let me see what you working with.

Come on.

All right, all right.

It's looking good,

it's looking good.

- Now, you did this side yet?

- I did.

Nah, it don't look like

you did this side, stop lying.

I did!

Look, first of all, man,

you gotta get you a toothbrush.

You ain't gonna be able to keep

the white bottom clean without it, all right?

Secondly, man, tuck the laces in.

You buggin' out.

You don't give nobody

a chance to, God. I want to.

Give you a chance?

You gotta do it in the beginning.

You don't get the shoelaces

all wet and dirty.

Man, cats start calling

you a poo putt.

You know what I'm sayin'?

All right?

All right, man.

Who is it?

It's Ace.

Hey, Boogie.

- What's up, nigga?

- What's up, man?

- What's up, homeboy?

- I'm chillin', man.

- Everything all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah, before I forget, man,

I need you to do me a favor if you can, man.

Run some clothes down to the

cleaners for me if you could.

- Okay, cool, man.

- That's cool?

Yeah, no doubt.

I know it's hectic for you

out here and all that.

Keisha! Keisha!

- What?

- This nigga A. here.

Hey, Ace.

I didn't know you was here.

Go in the back and get

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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