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You're either in, or you're gone.
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Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay... more | add synopsis
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Fishburne Debuts As Director
 (From WENN. 10 August 2000)

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Cast

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Eamonn Walker ... Tony

Gregory Hines ... Ruffhouse
Michael Paul Chan ... Buddha
Dominic Chianese Jr. ... Freddie Nine Lives
Tiger Hu Chen ... Chino (as Tiger Chen)
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.
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107 min | Germany:104 min
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why I liked this movie, 24 June 2002
8/10
Author: housewife from Florida

As an old white housewife I can still appreciate that Laurence Fishburne is one of our finest actors. anyone who appreciates his work like in Deep Cover might enjoy watching the incredible acting range of this actor. Since I think this is his directorial debut it might prove even more interesting. All of the acting is quite good. If you can't take lower Manhattan junky worlds or the reality of crime life (not glorified action shoot-em ups) then this is not a film you would enjoy. It is Mr. Fishburne's usual contribution to incredibly subtle relationships. I would love to see Larry and Anthony Hopkins go at each other some day in a movie.

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