Sucker Free City is a 2004 film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at white, black, and Asian gangs in the city of San Francisco and the conflicts they encounter with each other. The film was first released in 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival and subsequently was released on television through the Showtime Network. The film was meant to be a pilot for a TV series, as seen by the two hour run-time, but the series never began production ...
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Sucker Free City is a 2004 film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at white, black, and Asian gangs in the city of San Francisco and the conflicts they encounter with each other. The film was first released in 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival and subsequently was released on television through the Showtime Network. The film was meant to be a pilot for a TV series, as seen by the two hour run-time, but the series never began production so it was released as a film.
The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime to survive in the city. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs" ("Visitacion Valley Mafia"), an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia who is having an affair with his boss' daughter (Carpio) who is engaged to a bound for success classmate at Stanford University. The three characters...
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