Fulgazi (2004)

Fulgazi (foo'-ga-zi) -Definition: Phony, fake and false. Two youths go through the summer with no money, until one of them comes up with a scheme which pulls them into a world they want no part of. Stacey, a dreamer, and his lifelong friend Dega come up with a plan to make easy money for the summer. When the plan backfires they have to figure out what went wrong. Flanked by Clock and Danny, Stacey and Dega are hired to drop off a package; contents is Fulgazi (counterfeit) money. At the same time, Stacey falls in love with his neighbor, Professor Julian Hill, who inspires him to back to college. But Stacey has one thing on his mind... how to escape from the neighborhood gangster, Bulletmark by first getting past the local bullies, the Boxer Brothers, Ballantino and a paranoid, schizophrenic, gun-wielding counterfeiter named Steam. Counterfeit money, bullies, gangsters, undercover detectives and constant pressure from the hood calling them Fulgazi.