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DMX,
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David Arquette,
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Ernest R. Dickerson,
Ernest R. Dickerson
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: 20th Century Fox
: Neo Noir
: 88 min.
: English, Spanish
: English, Spanish, French
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From a script from first-time scribe James Gibson comes this filmed adaptation of ex-gangster Donald Goines' 1974 novel Never Die Alone. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson (Juice, Bones), the films stars David Arquette as Paul Pawlowski, a reporter who takes an interest in gang kingpin King David, played by rapper/actor DMX. When King David is killed, Pawlowski happens upon the criminal's journal and envelops himself in his story. From there, the rise and fall of King David is covered in flashbacks as Pawlowski makes his way through the diary. Aisha Tyler and Jennifer Sky co-star. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Commentary by DMX and Director Ernest Dickerson
- 11 Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by the Director
- Making-Of Featurette
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| Crime kings de-glamorized
by talltale
July 25, 2004 - 9:22 PM PDT
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| If anyone is interested in why this surpriising and worthwhile film flopped at the box-office, I think it's because the movie refuses to glamorize crime, drugs, and the sleazebag creeps who run these operations. Further, it has the audacity to show off this life and the men (and women) who partake as the crap that they are. But--oooh, gosh--most moviegoers don't wanna see anything this close to reality. So, as sociology, this one gets a high rating. As movie-making it's surprisingly good, too: fast-paced while balancing several stories and time frames pretty damn neatly. It occasionally shows its novelistic roots in a heavy-handed manner, but seen against all that is good about this film, its lapses make no never mind. See it. And for pete sake, recommend it to your kids because there is enough blood, violence and action to keep them glued--but they will not be able to avoid to its deepest and most important message: that all this stuff does nobody any good. |
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