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Directed by | Damon Dash [1] |
Written by | Damon Dash Kevin Bennett |
Produced by | Damon Dash Carrie Leigh Raquel M. Horn |
Starring | Damon Dash Cam'ron Daniel Jenkins Murda Mook Nicholas Turturro Stacey Dash |
Distributed by | Lions Gate Entertainment |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Honor Up is a 2018 action film directed and co-written by Damon Dash and executive produced by Kanye West. [1] [2] Starring Dash, Cam'ron, Daniel Jenkins, Murda Mook, Nicholas Turturro and Stacey Dash, the film was released on February 16, 2018 [3] to generally negative reviews. [4]
A drug lord becomes embroiled in a fierce fight to maintain his honor after a deadly gun attack in Manhattan's neighborhood of Harlem.
Los Angeles Times critic Michael Rechtshaffen stated: "A criminally inept throwback to '90s urban gangsta movie posturing that plays like a stone-faced version of the 1996 Wayans brothers spoof, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood ". [5] According to Glenn Kenny of The New York Times , the movie "sometimes manages to bring a scary whiff of the street into its sounds and images". [1]