Product Details

• Actors: John Toles-Bey, Glenn Plummer, Larry B. Scott, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Dwayne Adway
• Directors: Rod S. Scott
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Trinity Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000641YVY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,028 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Based on a true story - In the early 1980’s, during the early stages of the Central American civil wars, the U.S. Government petitioned a group of young, Blacks from the ghetto to bring drugs into impoverished South Central L.A.. The American CIA, with the intention of supporting the rebels in Nicaragua, began a conspiracy in which it traded guns to the Central American rebels in exchange for large supplies of cocaine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars bettet than you know, February 18, 2005

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Bigg Dru "Bigg Dru" (Kansas City, Mo usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Kilos (DVD)

This movie is one of the first movies that tells some truth about crack. Because this is a movie some parts are just for entertainment but all in all this movie is pretty good. I say its a pretty good movie to start to learn how the crack trade started. After watching this movie read some of the books by gary webb or do a web search on ricky ross and you will be surprised what you find.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True story, A must for the collection...., January 3, 2006

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Carlton Scott "A real Black critic" (South Central Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100 Kilos [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One young man's desire to rise from his ghetto upbringing leads him into a life of crime, an action which has unexpected worldwide consequences, in this urban drama. Ricky Ross (Glenn Plummer) grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and as he came of age in the 1980s, he was desperate to earn enough money to make his way out of the ghetto. Convinced that dealing drugs was the easiest way for a young African-American to gain wealth, Ricky formed a gang called the Freeway Boyz, who in collaboration with a distributor from South America began importing cocaine into California. Ricky and his cohorts soon find a ready market for their drugs after they process the cocaine into crack, but the Freeway Boyz aren't initially aware that their American contacts are affiliated with the CIA -- and they're using the profits from drug dealing to finance a brutal right-wing political faction overseas. 100 Kilos also stars Dwayne Adway and Suzanne Mari. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide