Above the Rim
“Some games you play. Some games play you.”
CrimeDramaThriller
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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This film feels like a raw, unfiltered look at the pressures of street life and the allure of the game. It's a tense, often somber journey through ambition and the difficult choices faced by young men with dreams.
grittyintensemelancholicrawsteady90s urban dramahip-hop infusedrealisticambitionloyaltystreet lifelost potential
sportsbasketball
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