Up Against the 8 Ball (2004)

Two girls at a Historically Black College are strapped for cash to pay their senior year's tuition. In a pinch, they take their pool-hustling skills to Las Vegas to earn the money. But, winning at pool and love has it challenges.

Directors:

Troy Curvey Jr., Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Writer:

Ken Sagoes

Stars:

Iva La'Shawn, Tawny Dahl, Chris Blount

Cast

Credited cast:
Iva La'Shawn	...	Krista Johnson
Tawny Dahl	...	Monique Maguire
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Blount	...	Lee Chen
Angela Bowie	...	Bootylicious
Kimba Clemmons	...	Kurt Johnson
Jay Cooper	...	J.T. Roberts
Alexeev Dismuke	...	Fat Tony
Leroy Edwards III	...	Marcus Pullman
Karim Imam	...	Pool Player
Arnez J.	...	Sid
C. Anthony Jackson	...	Old team pool player
Honest John	...	Old Man on Bus
Stacii Jae Johnson	...	Synthia
James Kyson	...	Bruce (as James Kyson-Lee)
John Maldonado	...	Barkley Mays

Storyline

Two girls at a Historically Black College are strapped for cash to pay their senior year's tuition. In a pinch, they take their pool-hustling skills to Las Vegas to earn the money. But, winning at pool and love has it challenges.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title

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Taglines:

Life is a hustle

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2004 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MEE Films

User Reviews

Am I The Only One Who Has Ever Seen This Movie?

You can tell that this was a low budget movie! Two girls lose their financial aid. They need $10,000 each so they can go back to school for their final year and graduate. So they travel to Las Vegas and enter a pool contest. They take a gay man with them. However, an ugly man also comes to the trip with them. The ugly man beats up the gay man in the bathroom. However, the gay man gets revenge at the end of the movie when he rubs his fingers on the ugly man's back. Now back to the two fly girls in the movie. What man would let a woman walk on his stomach? We knew the girls were going to win. But why did they leave their $50,000 prize money in the safe of a low budget motel for someone to steal? The ending is so predictable. They ended up getting their money back and graduating from college. And the man who tried to talk to Tawny Dahl happens to pop up at the house.