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99 North

2014 · 90 min

A tense, music-driven street drama about friendship and suspicion, where loyalty is tested and every scene simmers with quiet threat.

Directed by
Damon Jamal
Genres
Music, Crime
Starring
Sylvester Powell, Omar Gooding, Clifton Powell
Overview
Are trust and loyalty ever possible, when success and power are on the line? Big C and D-No (Shake Da Mayor & Diego Redd) are childhood friends from different blocks who could always agree on one thing: getting money. Every day is the same paper chase, until D-No's cousin accuses Big C of murder.

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Directed by
Damon Jamal
Genres
Music, Crime
Starring
Sylvester Powell, Omar Gooding, Clifton Powell
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
music, crime
Directed by
Damon Jamal
Written by
Jeffrey T. Brown
Starring
Sylvester Powell, Omar Gooding, Clifton Powell, Pinky, Philthy Rich, Sleepy D, Shake da Mayor, Diego Redd
Music
The Mekanix
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Languages
English

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