Super Mega, famously know as AKA has recently taken it to social media to reveal his all-time favourite movies.
The rapper has paved way for his upcoming album ‘Touch My blood’ with two new singles ‘StarSigns’ feat Stogie T and ‘Sweet Fire’.
So you wonder what are some of AKA’s favourite movies? Check the list below:
10. Panic Mechanic (1996)
Panic Mechanic – Leon Schuster uses a hidden camera to get candid videos of South Africans.
9. Snatch (2000)
Snatch – is a 2000 British crime comedy film featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter (Jason Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster (Alan Ford) who is ready and willing to have his subordinates carry out severe and sadistic acts of violence.
8. City of God (2002)
City of God – is a 2002 Brazilian crime film released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. The story was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the closure of the film depicting the war between the drug dealer Li’l Zé and vigilante-turned-criminal Knockout Ned. The tagline is “If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you”, a proverb analogous to the English “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t”.
7. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Boyz n the Hood – is a 1991 American teenhood drama film starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King and Angela Bassett. This film was the acting debut for both Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut. Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.
6. Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America – is a 1988 American romantic comedy based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also starred in the lead role. The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, and John Amos. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988. Eddie Murphy plays Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, who comes to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry.
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5. The Hurricane (1999)
The Hurricane – is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film stars Denzel Washington as Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter, a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted for a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter’s autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the non-fiction work Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.
The film depicts Carter’s arrest, his life in prison and how he was freed by the love and compassion of a teenager from Brooklyn named Lesra Martin and his Canadian foster family.[2] The film received positive reviews but has been criticized for inaccuracies by some media outlets and participants in Carter’s trials.
4. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can – is a 2002 American biographical crime film based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His primary crime was check fraud; he became so experienced that the FBI eventually turned to him for help in catching other checking forgers. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Nathalie Baye in supporting roles.
3. Paid in Full (2002)
Paid in Full – is a 2002 American crime drama film which takes place in Harlem in the 1980s. The title of the film is taken from the 1987 album and 1987 song by Eric B. & Rakim. “Paid in Full” is based on three friends Azie “AZ” Faison, Rich Porter, and Alpo Martinez and their professional criminal exploits. The characters Ace (Wood Harris), Mitch (Mekhi Phifer), and Rico (Cam’ron), respectively, are based on these three drug dealers.
2. Gangs of New York (2002)
Gangs of New York – is a 2002 American epic period drama film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. The screenplay is by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. It was inspired by Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book, The Gangs of New York. It was made in Cinecittà, Rome, distributed by Miramax Films and nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, among nine other Oscar nominations.
1. Training Day (2001)
Training Day – is a 2001 American neo-noir crime thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke as two LAPD narcotics officers over a 24-hour period in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of the LAPD Rampart Division and South Central Los Angeles.
1) Training Day. 2) Gangs of New York 3) Paid in Full 4) Catch me if you can 5) The Hurricane 6) Coming to America 7) Boyz N The Hood 8) City of God 9) Snatch ….. 10) PANIC MECHANIC!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— AKA (@akaworldwide) February 5, 2018
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