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You're either in, or you're gone.Plot:
Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Pretty good, but a little choppy more (8 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eamonn Walker | ... | Tony |
 | Gregory Hines | ... | Ruffhouse |
 | Michael Paul Chan | ... | Buddha |
| Dominic Chianese Jr. | ... | Freddie Nine Lives |
| Tiger Chen | ... | Chino |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Manny Rivera |
| Andres Titus | ... | Hector (as Andres 'Dres' Titus) |
| Titus Welliver | ... | Torch |
 | Laurence Fishburne | ... | 20 / 20 Mike |
| Harsh Nayyar | ... | Cab Driver |
 | Sue Costello | ... | Sgt. Kneeley |
 | Nick Chinlund | ... | Mike Murphy |
| Timothy W. White | ... | Little Billy (as Tim White) |
 | Wanda De Jesus | ... | Jackie |
 | Justin Pierre Edmund | ... | Little Mikey |
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Rated R for pervasive languge, strong violence and some drug content.Parents Guide:
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107 min | Germany:104 minCountry:
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I caught this movie on IFC and I enjoyed it, although I felt like the editing job was a little rough, though it may have been deliberate. I had a little bit of a hard time figuring out what was going on at first because they seemed to be going for a little bit of a Pulp Fiction-style non-linear plot presentation. It seemed a little forced, though. I certainly think that the movie is worth watching, but I think it could have used a little cleaning up. Some scenes just don't seem to make sense after others.
I'm surprised to see the rating here as low as it is. It's not outstanding, but it doesn't have any really serious problems. I gave it a 7/10. The movie did show at least that Laurence Fishburne can act when he wants to. They must have just told him not to in the Matrix movies.