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Paid In Full
In the 80's, in Harlem, the simple Afro-American worker of a laundry, Ace, is seduced by the easy money of his friend Mitch and when Mitch is arrested, he builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
9 January 1972, Bronx, New York, USA
14 March 1966, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
6 September 1976, Bronx, New York, USA
29 December 1974, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
4 February 1976, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
12 December 1970, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
31 March 1968, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 September 1966, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
4 April 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
21 May 1955, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
16 July 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
18 February 1977, Düsseldorf, Germany
November 21, 2005
"Paid In Full" is not the kind of movie that George W. Bush will ever see.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.November 15, 2002
Stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation.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 29, 2002
I'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up. I liked it just enough.October 25, 2002
Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance.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
A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them.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.October 25, 2002
Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors.