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Never Die Alone (2004) -- A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Never Die Alone (2004) -- A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Never Die Alone (2004) -- A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Never Die Alone (2004) -- A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   2,794 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Donald Goines (novel)
James Gibson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 March 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
No king rules forever.
Plot:
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 March 2004)

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Shakespeare in inner city America more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

DMX ... King David

Michael Ealy ... Michael

Drew Sidora ... Ella
Antwon Tanner ... Blue
Robby Robinson ... Man in Apartment

Luenell ... Jasper (as Luenell Campbell)

David Arquette ... Paul
Clifton Powell ... Moon

Wealthy Linn Gener ... Asian Girl
Jeff Sanders ... Sentry Guard #1

Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ... Rockie
Shakira Vanise Gamble ... Co-Worker
Big Daddy Wayne ... Red

Damion Poitier ... Alvin
Eric Payne ... Orderly
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, drug use, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Henry Gibson, who has a brief silent cameo near the end of the film as the funeral home director who steals King David's watch and ring, is the father of screenwriter James Gibson. more
Quotes:
Blue: [after beating and robbing the man in apartment] Don't worry man, I'll leave you enough to buy a pack of Newports... more
Movie Connections:
References Scarface (1983) more
Soundtrack:
Caught Up more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Shakespeare in inner city America, 3 September 2005
8/10
Author: louverture from United States

This is a story about revenge. If it were about somebody named Hamlet or Oedipus or Corleone then the violence would be described as in service to the art of the story. In this movie two young men, one black the other white, get caught up in a story of illegality and revenge. The two wind up tied together around the story of a third man, who one tries to rescue and one kills.

This is not a great movie; the soundtrack is predictable and the pacing is uneven. Still, when the dead guy starts talking, the viewer's perception changes, and that kind of moment indicates something is happening in the script and on the screen that is important. "He had this nobility..." the white character enthuses about the dead dealer to his black girlfriend. She is less than impressed. This is a movie where no one is noble: why is the white character hanging with a black girlfriend? Does he like her or does he need "street cred."

If race wasn't a part of this movie, then this would be a movie about characters who take a series of missteps and pay for them. However, in the reviews of this movie, because the main characters are black, it is a movie about depravity. Like the narrative of victims of Hurricane Katrina innocence or guilt... salvation or damnation... is determined by the color of skin. For a viewer who doesn't see skin color first, this is a well- acted, disturbing revenge story.

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