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Paid in Full
Why this pick
Its rise-and-fall street-crime arc, New York period texture, and shifting friendships echo Belly’s mix of ambition, consequence, and rap-era authenticity.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1998 1h 36m JAM
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film begins in early 1999, with two young Queens, New York City street criminals Tommy "Buns" Bundy (DMX (rapper)) and Sincere ("Sin") (Nas), along with their associates in crime Mark and Black. The four violently rob a nightclub, murdering five people. After escaping Black goes to dump the car while the rest retreat to Tommy's Jamaica Estates, Queens house, where they celebrate and joke around (The movie ''Gummo'' is playing on the TV), waking Tommy's girlfriend Keisha (Taral Hicks). Sincere soon leaves and is followed in gesture by the others. He returns to his St. Albans, Queens home to his girlfriend Tionne (Tionne Watkins) and infant daughter Kenya. Meanwhile, Tommy learns of a new form of heroin which he takes as a lucrative business opportunity.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
DMX
Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
Nas
Sincere
Hassan Johnson
Mark
Taral Hicks
Kisha
James Parris
LaKid
Kurt Loder
Himself
Method Man
Shameek
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