Cradle 2 The Grave
"DMX and Jet Li take action movies to a whole new level!" - Clay Smith, 'Access Hollywood'
The slam, the glam, the jam: Cradle 2 the Grave brings it! Producer Joel Silver and director Andrzej Bartkowiak, who fused martial arts with hip-hop style in Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds, take it to the next level with Cradle 2 the Grave. Screen heros Jet Li and DMX hit home and hit hard, starring as rivals-turned partners in a volatile street war ignited by kidnapping, stolen black diamonds and a sadistic crimelord (Mark Dacascos). Kelly Hu and Gabrielle Union flex beauty and strength as foes destined for a clawdown. And Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold add comedy jams to all the excitement that's set to gon'-give-it-to-ya tunes by Eminem, DMX and more. No mistaking it. From start 2 finish, Cradle rocks.
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Entertaining movie - theaterman2008
This is a very good action film and at times some funny moments. The fight scenes where great. It's not boring with a good story. Hey just enjoy a very good action film. Jet li was great. Dmx was surprisingly a good actor. Tom Arnold was comedy relief.Big budget can't save imitation HK gangsta flik - Superdave
Movies in the Hong Kong crime thriller genre tend to fall apart when you pick at the story mechanics a little. But characters choosing or being blackmailed into dumb courses of action in order to move the plot ahead and set up a fight seem somehow more tolerable in the quickie-made almost improvised atmosphere of the HK action flik. Hollywood movies spend so much time in development and are made so carefully on a technical level, however, that the slick professional final product cannot as easily contain vast lapses in logic and bad judgment by supposed 'professional' underworld characters. And, boy are these a stupid bunch.
Inept story mechanics aside, the few set piece action numbers were pretty good, especially Jet Li's fights; and the opening vault job is riveting. The climactic showdown, was disappointing though, especially for Kelly Hu fans. American moviedom's top fighting female is merely incidental here.
I really wanted to like this movie, but I didn't.
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Entertaining movie - theaterman2008
This is a very good action film and at times some funny moments. The fight scenes where great. It's not boring with a good story. Hey just enjoy a very good action film. Jet li was great. Dmx was surprisingly a good actor. Tom Arnold was comedy relief.Big budget can't save imitation HK gangsta flik - Superdave
Movies in the Hong Kong crime thriller genre tend to fall apart when you pick at the story mechanics a little. But characters choosing or being blackmailed into dumb courses of action in order to move the plot ahead and set up a fight seem somehow more tolerable ...