Sugar Hill (1994)
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Synopsis: Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and tragedy in his life: his mother overdosed on heroin when he was just a child, his father was seriously shot by a vengeful drug lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed in their parents' footsteps, both taking and dealing narcotics. Roemello wants... Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and tragedy in his life: his mother overdosed on heroin when he was just a child, his father was seriously shot by a vengeful drug lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed in their parents' footsteps, both taking and dealing narcotics. Roemello wants out of this dangerous and destructive world... but somehow events keep conspiring to pull him back in. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Clarence Williams, Theresa Randle, Abe Vigoda
Composer: Terence Blanchard
Screenwriter: Barry Michael Cooper
Producer: Rudy Langlais, Gregory Brown
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 14, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Surround - English
- Dolby Surround - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
- Featurette
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Acces
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Reviews
While Sugar Hill boasts a hearty collection of excellent performances, those assets are nearly negated by a directorial style that can best be described as...languid.
There are plenty of other ‘want to get out of the business’ movies out there that are more interesting and intriguing.
_As a message movie, "Sugar Hill" is perhaps no better or worse than most. It can be credited for striving to be more, but striving is not the same thing as being. Snipes deserves a better vehicle than this, but then, one suspects he picked it off the sho


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