Summary
In a split narrative, a young man follows two paths: his father's dream of him becoming a cop, and his own dream of becoming a rapper
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 81GoodWatch 84
Audience score100%
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than most fantasy movies, −15 min on the typical 100
typical 10085Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
2005
August 16, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
FantasyDramaScience FictionLanguage
English
Original language
and 11 more24 people
- Jazsmin LewisTawanna
- CoolioEmcee
- John CothranBumma
- SCSteve ConnellArtis
- RJRahman JamaalFlip
- KWKazz Wingate IVCassius 'Cash' Bernard
- 44-ZoneSelf
- Chino XLCrazy 8
- TBTakbir BashirTak
- JCJohn CabMugger One
- CCCharlie CapenYoung Businessman
- Michael ColyarChi-Barnes
- KEKeith EwellTony
- J.B. Ghuman Jr.Jimmy
- THToby HowardQuentin Bernard
- Brian McKnightRecord Executive
- Antonio NegretDoctor
Terrell J. RamseyGreyton
Betsy RandleMarie Bernard
Jermaine WilliamsByron- DWDavid WilliamsDoctor
Gregory Alan WilliamsMr. Bernard
Bob MinorRobbery Victim (uncredited)
Paul WillsonOfficer Rodney
Directing · 1
- Brandon Sonnier Director, Writer
Camera · 1
- Graham Futerfas Director of Photography
Sound · 2
- Chris Westlake Original Music Composer
- Rahman Jamaal Original Music Composer
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