A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 3 nominations
Vanessa Mitchell
- Marcus' Relative
- (as Vanessa Madden)
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- TriviaTerence Winter was very unhappy with the movie, claiming his screenplay is not the one that ended up on screen.
- GoofsWhen young Marcus is about to "protect" his mom when she's confronting the drug dealer who's working her corner, Marcus' weapon was a club, that particular club didn't come out until the early '90s.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005)
- SoundtracksGet Rich Opening Logos
by Sha Money X.L. (as Sha Money XL), Derek Prosper & Kenyatta Beasley
Produced by Sha Money X.L. (as Sha Money XL), D. Prosper & Kenyata Beasley for Team Work Music
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Not the greatest movie of all time, but worth seeing
The criticism of this film reminds me of that received for Jarhead. People said Jarhead was not a war movie, and the Get Rich or Die Trying had to little to do with rap. My question is, why doesn't this make it a bad film? And to make one last comparison, this film way out did anything 8 Mile attempted (much more of a social critique).
The strength in this film is derived from it's black and white presentation of the "dope game" and how for fifty it was either sleep in a cellar, or buy a Mercedes. Sheridan did a good depiction of how selling drugs is an easy escape, a way to make you feel like a man. The best and most powerful scene in this film is when someone slips a razor blade in his solitary cell in order for him to kill himself. He remarks, "I thought about it". I also enjoyed the non-romanticized violence, and how the drug game was not altogether glorified.
The downfall of this film is it's over dramatized scenes, and it may be a little to long, however, a good critique of Black Urban society, and well worth your 8 dollars.
The strength in this film is derived from it's black and white presentation of the "dope game" and how for fifty it was either sleep in a cellar, or buy a Mercedes. Sheridan did a good depiction of how selling drugs is an easy escape, a way to make you feel like a man. The best and most powerful scene in this film is when someone slips a razor blade in his solitary cell in order for him to kill himself. He remarks, "I thought about it". I also enjoyed the non-romanticized violence, and how the drug game was not altogether glorified.
The downfall of this film is it's over dramatized scenes, and it may be a little to long, however, a good critique of Black Urban society, and well worth your 8 dollars.
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- bcphilli
- Nov 13, 2005
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- Hustler's Ambition
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- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,985,352
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,020,807
- Nov 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $46,563,961
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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