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Above the Rim (1994)

★ 7.1 · 240 ratings on TMDB

Some games you play. Some games play you.

Above the Rim poster★ 7.1

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

DirectorJeff Pollack
CastBernie Mac, Byron Minns, David Bailey, Duane Martin, Leon, Marlon Wayans
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Above the Rim keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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