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.
A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct 2002
fresh:
Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors.
– Megan Turner,
New York Post,
25 Oct 2002
rotten:
Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance.
– Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Oct 2002
fresh:
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.
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
25 Oct 2002
fresh:
I'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up. I liked it just enough.