Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

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Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures

Rating: R

Release Date: Nov 9, 2005

Running Time: 118 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: 50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Terrence Howard, Ashley Walters, Viola Davis, Bill Duke, Marc John Jefferies

director: Jim Sheridan

Marcus has always known he was going to be a rapper, but when his mother is murdered, he turns to dealing--hustling drugs pays the rent. As his world spirals out of control, he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing; he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life

Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a rather poor imitation of 8 Mile--and not even the Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan could turn rapper 50 Cent into an actor.

Story

Since the age of 12, Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) wanted to be a rapper. After his mother Katrina (Serena Reeder) is brutally killed, Marcus' rap dreams are put on hold and he begins hustling drugs to make enough money for a nice pair of shoes. Only, he doesn't stop at the shoes. When Marcus gets involved with Majestic (Adewale…

PETER TRAVERS - November 11, 2005

Rapping as 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson is a hip-hop king. But acting out a fictionalized, sanitized version of his life in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackson loses his throne. The emotions Eminem brought to 8 Mile are buried in Jackson's stubborn impassivity as Marcus, an orphan of the drug wars. The idea of Fiddy teaming up with Irish director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) was just nuts enough to pay off. Sheridan, working with a script by Sopranos house writer Terence Winter, connects with the family…