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by **Ice** on Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:01 am

I just watched that movie, it wasnt bad at all, camron's in it, it takes place in Harlem in the 80s, check it out...

ps Anybody seen this movie called "Down time", is it any good? peace

by **wattscrackin** on Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:32 pm

u seen the movie "hell up in harlem" ?

by **Ice** on Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:42 am

nah i dont think ive seen that, is it any good?

by **sexy365** on Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:20 am

i'll buy it today.

by **wcrockets** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:00 pm

Review of 2002 Paid in Full on Amazon.com:

This movie is actually really good. The acting is amazing. The direction is good, the script is well done, the dialouge is also very convincing. Although I was young in the mid 80's (I was about seven or eight) I rember from the music videos and from how older kids dressed that this movie captured that era perfectly. This movie is extreemly authentic. Being a drug dealer was a lot easier in the 80s than it is now. Less competation, less attention from the cops, etc. Also Cocaine was not nearly as plentiful and was thus much more expensive....The star of this film plays Avon Barksdale on the HBO series "The Wire". In this movie he is a lot nicer than he is on the wire, more of a buisness man and less of a gangster. Michael Phifer, who plays Mitch, is practaclly a staple now of any movie invovling the hood but he is defintly a good actor. Nither "Avon" or Phifer give their best perfomances in this movie but they are both solid. However, Camron is amazing. I know, I know, he had the juiceist, easiest part, the least complex character, etc. However, no one can say he did not impress in this movie, he blew me away! Wow! And I did not even know that was Camron until the ending credits, the whole movie I was thinking, who is this guy, how come I have never heard of him before, etc. Only when I read the credits did I know who he was, I did not Camron was so big and diseal. He has unbelivable screen presence, the viewer canot take their eyes off of him. He outacts everyone is this movie. Even though he had a less challanging role than everyone else in the film that does not change the fact that his performance was incrediable. Not since Tupac Shakur died have I seen an a rapper act that well. (Dont get me wrong, he does not compare to Tupac, but he is the closest thing we currently have in terms of acting ability)I really cant say enough good things about his perfomance, so convcing as the loudmouth, obnouxious, but incredibly dangerous gangster. His only weakness his overconfidence and love of the spot light. What a character contrast to "Avon" the the guy who played Ace in this movie. Ace was smarter than Rico though and thats why he managed to avoid jail while Rico got played. I liked the ending too, the kidnapping out of nowhere was great, showing that just because these guys are drug dealers does not mean they are the only low lives in the hood. All three main characters paid the price for all the easy money they made, no one gets off unscatheed although justice certainly does not prevail. Ace goes on the be a legitimate entrapuner, although he got his foot in the door with blood soaked drug money, but hey, thats life. If Ace had stayed at the laundry he would have been poor for ever, he did what he had to do to benefit himself, however, he caused untold misery doing it. Life is no fairytale and taking the moral highground will result in poverty and hopelessnes. However, choosing the dark path of narcotics sales results in a parinoid existence of betrayal, murder, and incarceration. Their are no easy choices or clear moral distinctions in this movie, this movie is the truth!

by **Anonymous20** on Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:41 pm

based on a true story, and I was in New York during 1989 when alot of that stuff was going down. Funny to see it in a movie now.

by **friske_1** on Sun Jan 25, 2004 8:53 pm

the whole time watching this film just wanted to jump into the tv and beat the shit out that bitch camron, wot a muvafu-king wanksta

by **PREACH** on Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:59 pm

man i first read on the paid in full story in f.e.d.s magazine. and it was some crazy ish. so when the movie came out i knew i had to see it.
dope movie!!!!!!!

by **Ice** on Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:18 pm

friske_1 wrote:the whole time watching this film just wanted to jump into the tv and beat the stuff out that female camron, wot a muvafu-king wanksta

lol true but the movie was good

by **BG MLOCO** on Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:43 am

THAT MOVIE WAS A TRUE STORY BEING BORN AND RAISED IN NYC TO SEE THAT MOVIE IS SAD because MAD OTHER PARTS OF THAT STORY WAS LEFT I MEAN , I HAVE COUSINS WHO LIVE IN HARLEM I THEY TOLD ME THEY STORY I WAS LIKE DAMN THATS DEEP BUT TO SEE IT ON FILM IS WHATS CRACCING THAT MOVIE WAS GANGSTA.

ETGC 4 LIFE 3X

by **R-Tistic** on Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:22 pm

Yeah I was damm near shocked seein this movie was actually good. I didn't even think about goin to see it because I figured it was gonna be garbage.

by **stickupkidakaBIGBANDIT** on Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:33 pm

That movie inspired me to make that real money and the movie also inspired me to earn my name..

by **Trickeration Station** on Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:57 pm

THIS IS THE TRUE STORY TO PAID IN FULL
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by JR on Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:52 am

Ice wrote:I just watched that movie, it wasnt bad at all, camron's in it, it takes place in Harlem in the 80s, check it out...

ps Anybody seen this movie called "Down time", is it any good? peace

Yeah thats a rocafella movie I aint seen it yet but i wanna

by **smokey** on Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:38 am

Paid in full was a tite ass movie.I knew Rico wuzin cool from the start

by **K1LLJOY** on Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:19 am

friske_1 wrote:the whole time watching this film just wanted to jump into the tv and beat the shit out that bitch camron, wot a muvafu-king wanksta

shut up i bet you wouldnt say sh-t to cam if you saw him so stop it right ther.

and cam was funny as hell in that movie. throw that a-ss back lol it was a koo lil movie .

AND PEOPLE LETS TRY TO RETIRED THE CORNY WORD WANKSTA
IT SUCKS AND ITS A DUMB WORD TO USE.

by **NaTaS** on Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:35 am

Yea that movie was good,that was the shit how old boy had his tape deck radio hooked up as a stash spot lol,I wonder if they really had shit like that back then?seems 2 high tec 4 the 80s lol

by **North Face** on Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:14 am

A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.

movie trailor

http://www.ifilm.com/player/?ifilmId=24 ... ze=default

Anyone c it thinken of buyn it.

by **DeaD-SouL** on Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:41 pm

yeah i got it on dvd bought it for 5 bucks its a good movie

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