Sucker Free City (TV 2004)

Sucker-Free City, or S.F.C., revolves around the conflicts among white, black, Latino and Asian street gangs in San Francisco.

Director:

Spike Lee

Writer:

Alex Tse

Stars:

Ben Crowley, Ken Leung, Anthony Mackie

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Crowley	...	Nick Wade
Ken Leung	...	Lincoln Ma
Anthony Mackie	...	K-Luv
Darris Love	...	Sleepy
Laura Allen	...	Samantha Wade
T.V. Carpio	...	Angela Tsing
Kathy Baker	...	Cleo Wade
James Hong	...	Kwok
Lamont Bentley	...	Ahmir
Ewan Chung	...	Edwin Leong
Omari Hardwick	...	Dante Ponce
Marguerite Moreau	...	Jessica Epstein
Judy Pace	...	Mama June
Eyal Podell	...	Stephan Cashen
Stanford Chase	...	Peter Wu (as Stanford Poon)

Storyline

In San Francisco, a Caucasian family pressed by the real estate speculation, moves to Hunter's Point, an Afro-American neighborhood ruled by the V-Dub gang and the son Nick Wade faces problem with the violent gangsters. However, the drug dealer K-Luv decides to bootleg CDs and get close to Nick, protecting him. Meanwhile, the Chinese collector Lincoln Ma is blackmailed by the owner of a restaurant and he executes him, falling in disgrace with his mobster boss. The lives of Nick, K-Luv and Lincoln are entwined when the drug lord Sleepy protects a rapper against the Chinese piracy of his CD.

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Plot Keywords:

ghetto

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Taglines:

On these streets, everybody's got a gang.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexual material

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

21 February 2009 (Sweden)

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Patrice O'Neal was offered a role but turned it down.

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Connections

Features To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

User Reviews

An Amazing and underrated film

Spike Lee's film about inner city San Francisco is amazing. It intertwines the story as a white family from Mission District move to local projects, Hunters Point, who end up starting feud with the Chinese triad gangs from Chinatown. Lee does a great job tapping into stories of all 3 sides really well and actually gives better insight into the Mission district and Chinatown area than the storyline of the Hunter's Point mob. Overall its a well written film by Alex Tse, and i thought they did a great job of combining different elements and giving it a very original feel. Great cinematography by Cesar Charlone and music by Terence Blanchard.--- IMDb Rating: 6.6. MY Rating: 10/10