Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore) is a high school senior. He and
his best friends, Jib (Tony Revolori) and
Diggy (Kiersey Clemons),
are described by the narrator as "geeks".
They live in a neighborhood of Inglewood, California called "The Bottoms," where
there is much crime and violence. Malcolm is confident he will be admitted to
his dream school, Harvard University,
on the strength of his SAT scores and straight-A grades, but hisschool counselor calls Malcolm arrogant for thinking
that Harvard would find his grades impressive, since their school is in a
run-down L.A. suburb. He suggests Malcolm take the process more seriously,
starting with his upcoming interview with businessman Austin Jacoby (Roger Guenveur Smith),
a Harvard alumnus.
While biking home, Malcolm is stopped by a drug dealer
named Dom (A$AP Rocky) who instructs Malcolm to invite a
girl named Nakia (Zoë Kravitz) to his
birthday party. Once there, Malcolm relays Dom's request and gives her advice
on her math homework. Finding him charming, Nakia tells Malcolm to tell Dom
that she will only accept his invitation if Malcolm is going. Despite his
initial reluctance, Jib and Diggy talk Malcolm into going to the party and
taking them with him.
During the party, Dom and his crew meet in a back room to
buy high-grade, powdered molly.
Suddenly, the transaction is interrupted by rival gang members. Dom hides
behind the bar where he finds Malcolm's backpack, which he fills with drugs and
a gun. Then he finds Malcolm, gives him the pack, and shoos away from the club
just as the police are sweeping in.
Nakia drives Malcolm home. Malcolm offers to help her
study for her GED test, and she says she'll think about
it. The next morning the gun in Malcolm's backpack sets off the school metal
detector, but the security guard knows Malcolm's good reputation, lets him go
and assumes that the metal detector is malfunctioning. At his locker, Malcolm
looks in his backpack and discovers the drugs, gun, and an iPhone. He deduces
that Dom slipped them into his bag during the shootout. Immediately, an unknown
man calls the iPhone. The man reveals that he knows Malcom's identity and
whereabouts, and demands that Malcolm turn over the drugs to him after school
that day. After school, Malcolm begins to undertake the handover as instructed,
but is interrupted by another call, this time from Dom, who is in custody. Dom
warns Malcolm that he's being lured into a trap, and advises him to flee. He
texts Malcolm an address and tells him to ask for AJ.
Malcolm, Jib, and Diggy flee to the address that Dom sent
them. They find themselves at the doors of a mansion, greeted by young man
named Jaleel (Quincy Brown) and
his sister Lily (Chanel Iman). Since
their father, AJ, won't be home until later, Jaleel invites the three inside.
Jaleel takes Jib and Diggy out to get food while Malcolm stays with Lily, who
seduces Malcolm and offers to take his virginity. Lily finds the molly in his
backpack and gives herself a heavy dose. She straddles Malcolm and vomits on
his face. Malcolm then gets a phone call reminding him of his alumni interview.
Lily offers to drive him there, though she is still high and drives recklessly
through the streets until she passes out. As Malcolm desperately tries to wake
her Lily springs up, yelling that she has to pee. She runs out of the car and
squats to pee on a bush in front of a coffee shop while bystanders stare and record
the incident. Malcolm takes her car and drives to the meeting himself.
Malcolm arrives at the office of Austin Jacoby for his
interview. While waiting for Jacoby, he notices photos of Dom, Lily, and Jaleel
in the man's office. Realizing Austin Jacoby is AJ, Malcolm relays Dom's
instructions to deliver the drugs to him, but Jacoby denies any knowledge.
Jacoby suggests that since Dom can no longer sell the drugs, it is now
Malcolm's responsibility to do so. Jacoby implies that if Malcolm succeeds, he
will see to it that Harvard admits Malcolm. He then reschedules the interview,
with the implication that if Malcolm has not sold the drugs by then, Harvard
will be the least of his worries.
With no other options, Malcolm, Jib, and Diggy seek help
from a college student, Will Sherwood (Blake Anderson), whom they met at band camp
years ago, a stoner and a master hacker. Will helps the three set up a
black-market online store to sell the drugs through bitcoin transactions,
which are virtually untraceable. Before long, Will's viral marketing campaign
has turned the trio's website into the go-to source for L.A. college students.
He manages to link their store to a meme from
the footage of Lily peeing in public.
Malcolm helps Nakia study and she opens up to him about
the stress of dealing with guys like Dom. Malcolm pushes her away, accusing her
of being sent there by Dom to gather info on the drugs. Offended, Nakia leaves
and says Malcolm is just like all the other guys after all. The next day, he
consults with Will to figure out how to extract cash from the bitcoins they've
amassed, and he tells Malcolm that he will arrange a meeting with a
money-laundering gangster named Fidel (Kap-G).
The meeting goes as planned, and Malcolm leaves with a bag full of cash.
While returning with the bag of cash, Malcolm is assaulted
by the school bully who quickly overpowers him and takes the bag of money.
Malcolm, desperate, decides to defend himself by pulling a gun, getting the
money back, and earning the bully's respect.
Malcolm returns to Jacoby's office and reveals that he
linked the bitcoin account to Jacoby's personal accounts. He has brought with
him the bag with cash worth 10% of the earnings. Malcolm has programmed a
fail-safe, if anything happens to him the money will automatically be
transferred to Jacoby's account on its own. Malcolm then insists that Jacoby
get him into Harvard or lose everything to the government.
Malcolm types his college application essay. He describes
two students – Student A is a music geek that plays in a punk band and gets
straight As, while Student B suffers in the hood and makes money in immoral
ways. He asks, "Which student do you think I am?" Malcolm waits for
Nakia at the prom, but she does not show. Nakia waits for Malcolm at his home
and thanks him for helping her pass her GED, gives him a pass to Six Flags, and kisses him on the cheek.
Malcolm enters his room to find a large
envelope from Harvard
on his bed. He opens it and looks to the audience for a moment before smiling. Source
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