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| Ken Leung | ... |
Lincoln Ma
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| Anthony Mackie | ... |
K-Luv
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Darris Love | ... |
Sleepy
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| Laura Allen | ... |
Samantha Wade
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| T.V. Carpio | ... |
Angela Tsing
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| Kathy Baker | ... |
Cleo Wade
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| James Hong | ... |
Kwok
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Lamont Bentley | ... |
Ahmir
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| Omari Hardwick | ... |
Dante Ponce
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| Marguerite Moreau | ... |
Jessica Epstein
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Judy Pace | ... |
Mama June
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| Stanford Chase | ... |
Peter Wu
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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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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