# Sugar Hill (1994)

> A Harlem drug kingpin's attempt to abandon crime becomes a fatal struggle against family loyalty, street power, and the past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/24946

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Leon Ichaso
- Cast: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle, Clarence Williams III, Abe Vigoda, Ernie Hudson, Leslie Uggams, Larry Joshua
- TMDB rating: 5.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107079/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: gritty, fatalistic, melodramatic, 1990s crime movie night, gritty drama marathon

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