Guest Blogger: Ali 1

Paid in full is the story of Wood Harris, most known as the notorious Ace Buggie. The movie Paid in Full portrays a story of Ace Boogie, from when he was a broke laundry mat worker, to one of Harlem’s biggest drug kingpins. The movie tells the story of how Ace Buggie went from broke to one the richest men in Harlem, with the help of his friends, Mekhi Phifer (Mitch), and Cam’ron (Rico).The story evaluates from when Ace didn’t have a single dollar in his pocket, to when he sees his sister’s boyfriend Kevin Carroll(Calvin), stunt and flash off how amazing his life is selling illegal narcotics, and how he taunts his girlfriend’s little brother Ace, and tries to influence him to get off his low income job, and join the league of drug dealers in Harlem. Kevin leaves him an “8 ball”, which is worth more than 800 dollars if he sells it. Ace seen the struggle he and his family been through, and decides to go to one of his closest friends Mekhi, to seek advice, and if he should join the game. He eventually joins the game and gets really big at it. Ace meets a buddy of Mekhi’s in prison who was incarcerated at the time, Cam’ron who knew Mekhi in jail, and helps him move on the next level in the dope game, and thrive money, power, and respect. Wood Harris is best fit for the role of Ace Buggie, because he fits perfect as a young man struggling with life, trying to maintain, and deal with the harsh streets of Harlem. This movie is based on a true story of when crack hit the streets of New York, and how big of an epidemic it became to sell it, and be the big dawg of the city. Ace has many close friends, and family throughout the film, and very shady friends and family in the film as he gets bigger and bigger in Harlem. Paid in Full was rated a 7/10 on the NY times movie Colum. I thought this film deserved a 9/10 on its rating, because of how real and motivational the film itself was. Paid in Full shows from when Ace, started from the bottom, and reached the top, getting ace and his family off the streets of Harlem. This film tells a very heroic story, of a young man struggling with everyday issues, to the top of the world in just a few years. Other drug related movies never have a really inspirational message behind it, rather than just money as its motive. In all Paid in full shows the daily struggle of a young man, and his family reaching the top, and trying to do the right thing at the end of the day.