Above the Rim
Mar 23, 1994 | IMDB 7.1
96 min Watch NowCrime, Drama, Thriller
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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