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
I was scanning through the channels one night and stopped on this film. Man, was I glad. It's nice to see the filmmakers trust the audience and their film by not cluttering up scenes with music. The silence was golden. Great direction, great acting and great music! I could tell this was based on a true story. It was so edgy and gritty it could not have been made up. The hardest part of making a true story work is keeping it real, they did that. I recognized all the actors, some one needs to hire Cam'ron he was great. I don't think you can compare this with New Jack City, I liked New Jack City but it was allot softer the Paid In Full. I could feel the tension in some of the scenes, it was powerful. I might buy this one.
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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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