Blue Hill Avenue (2001)
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90% of users liked it
(4,493 ratings)
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director at the 2001 Urbanworld Film Festival, Blue Hill Avenue focuses on the rise of the drug trade in Boston, as seen through the eyes of three childhood friends. The time is the late '70s, and Tristan (Allen Payne), Money (Aaron D. Spears), E-Bone… More Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director at the 2001 Urbanworld Film Festival, Blue Hill Avenue focuses on the rise of the drug trade in Boston, as seen through the eyes of three childhood friends. The time is the late '70s, and Tristan (Allen Payne), Money (Aaron D. Spears), E-Bone (William Johnson), and Simon (Michael Taliferro) are all high-school pals and petty thieves on the mean streets of the city's South Side. Their antics bring them to the attention of Benny (Clarence Williams III), a charismatic drug dealer who takes the four friends under his wing. The most straight-and-narrow of the bunch, Tristan manages to keep his nefarious trade under the radar of his parents. As the years pass, however, the dealers introduce crack to their line of narcotics, and Tristan's sense of guilt over his neighborhood's demise leads to an inevitable betrayal of Benny, followed by a grisly showdown. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Craig Ross Jr.
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Artisan Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A demanding, intelligent film of considerable complexity and of sufficient seriousness to justify its 128-minute running time.
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Jon Strickland, L.A. Weekly
The film is naive in its glorification of violence and vengeance.
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Cast
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Allen Payne
as Tristan
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William Forsythe
as Brian Torrance
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Aaron D. Spears
as Money
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William L. Johnson
as E-Bone
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Michael "Bear" Taliferro
as Simon
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Clarence Williams III
as Benny
- Andrew Divoff
- Angelle Brooks
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Michael A. Miranda
as Tony
- Marlon Young
- Richard Lawson
