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Paid in Full

Name: Paid in Full
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2002-10-25
Cast: Wood Harris, Cam'ron, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Carroll, Chi McBride

2002 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (53% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved American Gangster or Menace II Society, start here.
The mood: Dark and gritty.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 38 min.
What might put you off: Rated R: expect drug use.

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.

How it earned its rating

CriticsBelow par
53% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic
AudiencesSolid
6.9 out of 10
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$3 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 203K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Charles Stone III

Wood HarrisAce
Cam'ronRico
Mekhi PhiferMitch
Kevin CarrollCalvin
Chi McBridePip
Regina HallKiesha
Esai MoralesLulu
Cynthia MartellsDora
Elise NealAunt June
Ron Cephas JonesIce