Once you're in the life of drug dealing and organized crime, can you get out? During a brief jail stay two half-brothers, who had rarely seen each other while growing up begin to connect. One of them is 20/20 Mike, a name given because he can sense people nearby, who concocts a scheme in which him and his brother Billy will steal drugs from young couriers. The heist goes awry when the junkie brother, Billy, shoots the victims of the theft. The brothers hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cellmate, Tony, who he thinks is out of the life of organized crime. It turns out that they have stolen Tony's dope—and Tony's boss wants the two thieves dead. "Is there any way out?"
Once in the Life was the directorial debut of Laurence Fishburne,[2] and adapted from his own 1994 play Riff Raff.[3] Much of the film was shot in the Hotel Rivieria in Newark, New Jersey.[4]
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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28% approval rating based on 25 reviews, and an average rating of 4.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Once in a Life is a promising directorial effort by Laurence Fishburne. But the story is too conventional and similar to the many ghetto action/dramas that come before it."[2]
once, life, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2013,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Once in the Life news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Once in the Life is a 2000 American direct to video crime film written directed and starring Laurence Fishburne He adapted the script from his own play Riff Raff Once in the LifeDirected byLaurence FishburneWritten byLaurence FishburneBased onRiff Raffby Laurence FishburneProduced byDavid BushellHelen SuglandLaurence FishburneStarringLaurence Fishburne Titus Welliver Eamonn Walker Paul Calderon Annabella SciorraCinematographyRichard TurnerEdited byBill PankowMusic byBranford MarsalisProductioncompaniesCinema Gypsy ProductionsShooting GalleryDistributed byTrimark Home VideoRelease dateOctober 27 2000 2000 10 27 Running time104 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot editOnce you re in the life of drug dealing and organized crime can you get out During a brief jail stay two half brothers who had rarely seen each other while growing up begin to connect One of them is 20 20 Mike a name given because he can sense people nearby who concocts a scheme in which him and his brother Billy will steal drugs from young couriers The heist goes awry when the junkie brother Billy shoots the victims of the theft The brothers hole up in an abandoned building and 20 20 Mike seeks help from an old cellmate Tony who he thinks is out of the life of organized crime It turns out that they have stolen Tony s dope and Tony s boss wants the two thieves dead Is there any way out Cast editLaurence Fishburne 20 20 Mike Titus Welliver Torch Eamonn Walker Tony Gregory Hines Ruffhouse Michael Paul Chan Buddha Annabella Sciorra Maxine Paul Calderon Manny Rivera Andres Titus Hector as Andres Dres Titus Madison Riley PreciousProduction editOnce in the Life was the directorial debut of Laurence Fishburne 2 and adapted from his own 1994 play Riff Raff 3 Much of the film was shot in the Hotel Rivieria in Newark New Jersey 4 Reception editThe review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28 approval rating based on 25 reviews and an average rating of 4 7 10 The site s critical consensus reads Once in a Life is a promising directorial effort by Laurence Fishburne But the story is too conventional and similar to the many ghetto action dramas that come before it 2 References edit ONCE IN THE LIFE 2000 British Board of Film Classification Retrieved October 18 2020 a b Once in the Life Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved May 8 2018 Thomas Kevin October 27 2000 Once in the Life Delivers Tragedy With Street Smarts Los Angeles Times ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved May 8 2018 Hotel Riviera offers affordable option in Newark The Star Ledger September 17 2010 Retrieved October 9 2012 External links editOnce in the Life at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a 2000s crime drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Once in the Life amp oldid 1107603506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
