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Turn It Up
“How you gonna win?”
4.8 / 10• 2000• 1h 26m•R• English
ActionCrimeDrama
Storyline
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
Cast & Crew
Pras Michel
Denzel / Diamond
Lead
Ja Rule
David 'Gage' Williams
Jason Statham
Mr. B
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cliff
Tamala Jones
Kia
John Ralston
Mr. White
Chris Messina
Baz
Eugene Clark
Marshall
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Adetuyi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Turn It Up is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
