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“The American Dream... Their way.”
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.
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Cast
22 people
Wood Harris
Ace
Known for
The Wire
Creed II
Cam'ron
Rico
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Percentage
Killa Season
Mekhi Phifer
Mitch
Known for
Lie to Me
8 Mile
Kevin Carroll
Calvin
Known for
The Leftovers
Widow's Bay
Chi McBride
Pip
Known for
Hawaii Five-0
The Terminal
Regina Hall
Kiesha
Known for
Scary Movie
Girls Trip
Esai Morales
Lulu
Known for
Titans
Caprica
Cynthia Martells
Dora
Known for
The Wood
Elise Neal
Aunt June
Known for
Logan
Scream 2
Ron Cephas Jones
Ice
Known for
Marvel's Luke Cage
This Is Us
Nelson Tynes
Wedge
Known for
Cypher
Derrick Simmons
Taunting Guy
Also in
Hannibal
Marvel's Luke Cage
Charles Stone III Director · Matthew Cirulnick Screenplay Thulani Davis Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.1M · Budget $7.5M · United States release October 25, 2002
Box office
Budget
$7,500,000
Worldwide gross
$3,100,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Loud Films
Production
Roc-A-Fella Films
Production
Dimension Films
Production · Studio
RAT Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · August 9, 2002
Premiere · Urbanworld Film Festival
United States · October 25, 2002
Theatrical
United States · April 8, 2003
Physical
Australia
October 25, 2002 · Theatrical
France
December 8, 2005 · Physical · DVD premiere
Germany
August 26, 2004 · Physical · DVD premiere
Italy
July 25, 2003 · Theatrical
South Africa
May 7, 2004 · Theatrical
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