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.
Above the Rim is of 1 hour(s) and 36 minute(s). It is Produced By: New Line Cinema. It was released on 1994-03-23. It has the tagline: Some games you play. Some games play you. It has an average vote of 6.905 on TMDB.
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