It’s certainly not flawless, and I honestly don’t feel completely sold on it, but *‘Gassed Up’* manages to get by. Deciding to make your main characters criminals is always risky; you're practically setting yourself up for trouble from a filmmaking standpoint. I’m perfectly happy with movies having protagonists who aren’t entirely virtuous—in fact, *The Fast and the Furious* is one of my favorites—but it does pres…

“Ash” (Stephen Odubola) shares a home with his young sister and a mother who’s frequently unavailable or impaired. He has aspirations of launching his own business—he enjoys repairs—and getting her into treatment. To achieve these goals, he's involved in a scheme with four friends that involves using mopeds to steal phones and handbags from people on the street. They sell their stolen goods to "Shaz" (Jelena Gavrilov…