Sucker Free City

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Sucker Free City

TV-MA

2004

1h 56m

Drama

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Nick (Ben Crowley), a white mailroom clerk who rips off his coworkers' credit card numbers on the side, moves to a mostly African-American neighborhood and is terrorized by a local gang called the V-Dubs. He befriends K-Luv (Anthony Mackie), a black gang member to whom Nick helps sell bootlegged CDs, and they soon build a relationship with Lincoln (Ken Leung), a low-level Chinese gangster. But tension becomes palpable as the trio begin committing crimes on one another's turf.

Tim Goodman

San Francisco Chronicle

A wholly original, restlessly real take on San Francisco gang life... Sucker Free City has the kind of non-Hollywood take on urban trouble that proudly makes it cousin to The Wire on HBO, and there really isn't any higher praise than that.

Rated: 4/4

Nov 14, 2018

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

two excellent hours

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 17, 2006

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J R

This is one of my all time favorite movies and my favorite Spike Lee film!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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daniel h

Would have made a great series which would provide the opportunity to flesh out more the story and characters. Acting was terrific.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Nice "romantic" gangster movie. The romance is not showing the proper degree crime affect communities.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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ari v

If you liked HBO's "The Wire", you'll love this. No sugar coating, no pandering, just a nice wholesome slice of some grade A certified reality.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Love this movie by Spike Lee. He did a great job of putting through in this film of the different communities and tension of Hunters point, Chinatown and the Mission of San Francisco.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Nice lil gritty urban drama...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Synopsis

Nick (Ben Crowley), a white mailroom clerk who rips off his coworkers' credit card numbers on the side, moves to a mostly African-American neighborhood and is terrorized by a local gang called the V-Dubs. He befriends K-Luv (Anthony Mackie), a black gang member to whom Nick helps sell bootlegged CDs, and they soon build a relationship with Lincoln (Ken Leung), a low-level Chinese gangster. But tension becomes palpable as the trio begin committing crimes on one another's turf.

Director: Spike Lee
Producer: Preston L. Holmes
Screenwriter: Alex Tse
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: TV-MA (S|L|V), R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jan 12, 2007
Runtime: 1h 56m