Turn It Up

Turn It Up (2000)

How you gonna win?

Radar 33Slightly unusualUS:R1h 26mAction · Crime · Drama

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

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.

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Content check

✗ Not for kidsAdults only · US R
Mature content

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Radar score33/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating4.8
Votes counted30
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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