Sucker Free City (2004): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2004, Sucker Free City is a drama, crime and tv movie film directed by Spike Lee, running about 113 minutes.

What it’s about. The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia. Gentrification forces Nick's family to move out of their home in the Mission District into Hunter's Point where they are harassed by the V-Dubs. K-Luv's side business of selling bootleg compact discs leads him to enlist Nick's help to bootleg CDs and to negotiate a truce with Lincoln. Lincoln conducts an affair with his boss' daughter Angela (Carpio), a Stanford student engaged to a medical student classmate.

Who’s in it. Sucker Free City stars Ben Crowley as Nick Wade, Ken Leung as Lincoln Ma, Anthony Mackie as K-Luv and Darris Love as Sleepy, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.2/10, Sucker Free City has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Sucker Free City page.

If you liked it. Fans of Sucker Free City tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.