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The low-budget feel to the movie serves it well. It heightens the grit of the story and gives space to the talented actors to bring these characters to life.

The low-budget feel to the movie serves it well. It heightens the grit of the story and gives space to the talented actors to bring these characters to life. It makes up for overly familiar tropes: drug dealing as one of the only ways to be successful in the ghetto, the Goodfellas "looking back" voice-over. As Ace, Wood Harris brings the same low-key cool...

Review excerpt from Common Sense Media.