Sugar Hill (1993)

Directed by

León Ichaso

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 107 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers run a drug empire in Harlem. One wants out, but family and loyalty keep him tied to the violent life.

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What happens

Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime drama film directed by Leon Ichaso and written by Barry Michael Cooper. It stars Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. Considered the second film of Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (after New Jack City and before Above the Rim, released a month prior), it focuses on the two brothers who are major drug dealers in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, specifically the namesake Sugar Hill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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