Turn It Up

A gritty, melodramatic street hustle where music dreams collide with bad choices and mounting pressure.

Directed by

Robert Adetuyi

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama

Starring

Pras Michel, Ja Rule, Jason Statham

Tagline

How you gonna win?

Overview

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.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Ambition, crime, family, survival

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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