Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime-drama/neo-noir film starring Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. The film focuses on the two brothers, who are major drug dealers in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Through the course of the film, it shows the several flashbacks involving the Skuggs brothers, including (in the beginning of the film) the drug-overdose death of their mother Ella (portrayed by Khan...
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Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime-drama/neo-noir film starring Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. The film focuses on the two brothers, who are major drug dealers in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Through the course of the film, it shows the several flashbacks involving the Skuggs brothers, including (in the beginning of the film) the drug-overdose death of their mother Ella (portrayed by Khandi Alexander) and the shooting of their drug-addicted musician father, Arthur Romello/A.R. (Clarence Williams III), ultimately at the hands of the man they would later work for—Gus Molino (Abe Vigoda). Roemello, as a teenager (played by Dulé Hill) avenges his father’s shooting by shooting and killing Sal Marconi (Raymond Serra), a business partner of Gus’. After contemplating for awhile, Roemello decides to quit dealing and start a new life with his girlfriend, Melissa (Theresa Randle), to the disdain of Raynathan, who is scared and hesitant...
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