A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Joyce Walker
- Janet Woods
- (as Joyce Walker Joseph)
Pedro Salvín
- Columbian Man #1
- (as Pedro Salvin)
The World Famous *BoB*
- The World Famous Brucie B
- (as Bruce Robinson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on the true story of Azie Faison Jr., Alberto Martinez and Richard Porter. The trio controlled much of the drug trade in New York City in the 1980's.
- Alternate versionsThe film was censored by the CBFC for a 'U' (unrestricted) rating for television exhibition in India and was distributed by Star India in Chennai.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003)
- SoundtracksPaid in Full
Written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Rakim (as William Griffin)
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Why is this being compared to New Jack City?
I'm trying to figure out why this movie is being compared to New Jack City? Paid if Full is about 3 real life teenagers who made the drug game in Harlem huge. Azie, Alpo, and Rich Porter weren't fictional characters. I gave this movie a 7 because a lot of their story was left out. To get the full story including interviews you must see 'Game Over'. I know that only so much can fit into a movie's 2.5 hr time frame but there were so many things in their story that was left completely out. In an interview I read that AZ did with a NY newspaper, he stated that he was not happy with how the movie came out because it was supposed to be a movie that did not glorify the drug game. http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/movies/n_7905/ --> the website with the interview. These movies don't compare at all. Just because they both mention Scarface and take place in NYC and because they involve the drug game does not make the movies comparable.
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- honeykiss2901
- Sep 11, 2005
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,090,862
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,328,789
- Oct 27, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $3,116,526
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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