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 total
Vanessa Mitchell
- Marcus' Relative
- (as Vanessa Madden)
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I have read through all of these comments, and am astounded at the amount of negativity towards it. I cannot believe that any film within the IMDb database can be voted as 1 out of 10, thats just stupid. Alrite, i agree its not an Oscar winning film, but I enjoyed it! OK, 50 cent's acting is brilliant, but he pulls it off! The film boasts a reasonable story based on his life, and to be honest it wasn't amazing, but it was generally enjoyable! Lost's Mr Eko played his character well, as did Terrence Howard! And Bill Duke, as the Ghetto Godfather is astoundingly brilliant! 8 Mile was a good film, and this is as good! So please, ignore the negative views and watch this film!!!!
I don't see why everyone has such a problem with this movie - I thought it was okay, it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, and it didn't have the best acting ever, but it certainly wasn't the worst movie ever.
The ending wasn't too good, but the movie wasn't too shabby, the storyline was good and it proved to keep me entertained for the full two hours. I learnt a lot about 50 cent during the movie, even though I'm not a fan of rap and/or 50 cent himself, I still enjoyed it.
The movie gives you inspiration, if 50 cent can go through a lot and come out of it a billion dollar rapper at the end, it makes you think that you could probably do something on the same level.
You don't have to like rap and/or 50 cent to enjoy this movie and read into it. If you enjoyed the trailer, don't let the bad reviews put you off, that's what I did, yet I liked the movie.
The ending wasn't too good, but the movie wasn't too shabby, the storyline was good and it proved to keep me entertained for the full two hours. I learnt a lot about 50 cent during the movie, even though I'm not a fan of rap and/or 50 cent himself, I still enjoyed it.
The movie gives you inspiration, if 50 cent can go through a lot and come out of it a billion dollar rapper at the end, it makes you think that you could probably do something on the same level.
You don't have to like rap and/or 50 cent to enjoy this movie and read into it. If you enjoyed the trailer, don't let the bad reviews put you off, that's what I did, yet I liked the movie.
So much effort went into the production of this motion picture. The actors did a super good job. This movie is the same caliber as Donnie Brasco, just without Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. 50 Cent the OG must be respected. Good movie.
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.
This movie is unbelievably underrated. Yes, the acting isn't great at all times but it works.
It has a great plot, a great script and most importantly GREAT MUSIC
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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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- 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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