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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Release Date: Wed, Nov 09, 2005

Rating: 6.788/10 by 905 users

Alternative Title:
Réussir ou mourir - FR
Rico o Muerto - EC
50 Cent Enriquecer O Morir - MX
50 Cent Enriquecer O Morir - ES
50 Cent Enriquecer O Morir - US
תתעשר או תמות בדרך - IL
Fique Rico ou Morra Tentando - BR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
Español
English
Runtime: 01 hour 57 minutes
Budget: $40,000,000
Revenue: $46,442,528

Plot Keyword: career, street gang, loss of loved one, rapper, attempted murder, ghetto, drugs, semi autobiographical
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Vanessa Madden
Marcus' Relative
Joseph Pierre
Uncle Deuce
Ryan Allen
Uncle Ray
Brendan Jeffers
Marcus' Relative
Anastasia Hill
Marcus' Relative
Zainab Musa
Marcus' Relative
Lawrence Bayne
Security Guard
Boyd Banks
Prison Solitary Guard
Lenno Britos
Carlos Delgato
Mykelti Williamson
Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
Rhyon Nicole Brown
Young Charlene
Frank Pellegrino
Detective Doyle
Bubba
Easy / Coke Dealer
Jorge Berrio
Cash Counting Machine Operator
Pedro Miguel Arce
Cash Counting Guard
Beatriz Pizano
Rodrigo's Mom
Arlene Duncan
Judge Juvenile Court
Roland Rothchild
Marcus' Lawyer
Ejyp Johnson
Lizard Boot Man (as Curtis 'Ejyp' Johnson)
George Randolph
School Security Guard
Tommy Chang
Store Owner
Vivian Lee
Store Owner's Wife
Ethan James Duff
New Jerseyite
Malik Barnhardt
Gun Salesman
Don Ritchie
Emergency Room Doctor
Jean Daigle
Prison Corrections Officer
Steve Prempeh
Young Antwan
Cinam Zee
Young Kid
Andrea Grant
Charlene's Mother
Goûchy Boy
Club Bouncer
Michael Colonnese
Raoul's Younger Friend
Benz Antoine
Ray Wilmore
Mantee Murphy
Canary Cook
Quancetia Hamilton
Canary Waitress
Dan Duran
Journalist
Destan Owens
Charlene's Friend
Jerome White
Photographer
Dave Naughton
Prison Tattoo Artist
Lloyd Coke
Majestic Thug
Roger Moore
Majestic Thug
Dalecia Davis
Neighborhood Kid
Linda Boahen
Party Girl
Ma’at Zachary
Party Girl (as Keisha 'Ma'at' Zachary)
Luis Fino
Studio Engineer
Pauline Berger
Receptionist
Bruce McFee
Security Guard
Wes Williams
Security Guard
Marlon Smith
Young Majestic Thug
Arnold Dulmus
Young Majestic Thug
Jérome Kern
Young Majestic Thug
Jahvan Caesar
Young Majestic Thug
Jamal Caesar
Young Majestic Thug
Ray H. McKay
Young Majestic Thug
Paul McKay
Young Majestic Thug
Mark McKay
Young Majestic Thug
Tristan Martin
Young Majestic Thug
Renee Miller
Young Majestic Hottie
Keisha Debro
Tammi (as Keisha Brown)
Kenneth Pressman
Diner Paramedic
Barry Moffatt
Diner Paramedic
Joe Boyes
Diner Paramedic
Stefania Vammaro
Gangster's Girlfriend
DeAdra P. Mickel
Check Cashier
Anarosa Peguero
Check Cashier / Drug Addict
Keith P. Scott
NJ Guy (as Keith Schatt)
Richardson Desil
Gun Store Bouncer
Victor of Aquitaine
Mercedes Driver / Drug Buyer (as Victor Fischbarg)
Atif Lanier
Neighborhood Thug
Paul D. Coleman Jr.
Neighborhood Thug
Basil Gibbs
Pelham Hall Security Guard
Kevin Dotcom Brown
Pelham Hall Security Guard (as Kevin Brown)
Balford Gordon
Marcus Crew Guy
Zachary Augustine
Marcus Crew Guy
Lewis Bedford
Marcus Crew Guy
Anwan Ekpo
Marcus Crew Guy
Allan Alexander
Marcus Crew Guy
Marlon J. Hull
Marcus Crew Guy
Jason Moore
Marcus Crew Guy
James Ockimey
Teenage Thug
Vinny Cuevas
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
Livingston Beaumont
Principal (uncredited)
Dorly Jean-Louis
Shanelle Club Babe (uncredited)
Mohamed Dione
Street Thug (uncredited)
Michael Yare
Sound Engineer (uncredited)
Jeshua Vargas
Driver (uncredited)
Anthony M. Pizzuto
Protester (uncredited)
Burton Perez
Miguel (uncredited)
Luisa-María Linares
Neighbor (uncredited)
Shareef McIntosh
Extra (uncredited)
Gloria Parks
Dominican Hottie (uncredited)

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Get Rich or Die Tryin' reminds me of the apocryphal Chinese curse 'may you live in interesting times'. The most interesting thing that has happened to Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson is that he has been shot nine times; accordingly, not only the character he plays, Marcus 'Young Caesar' Greer, but also a lot of other people get shot in this movie. Most of them survive, though, so even this turns out to be not so special after all. As for the second most interesting experience in Fifty’s life, this actually happened to someone else: 8 Mile, the vastly superior film starring Eminem and released three years prior. The problem is that 8 Mile is a story about humility, while GRoDT is about arrogance; the title alone exudes hubris, and the fact that it shares its title with a 50 Cent album makes us think that the inflated ego is not limited to the character, but it affects the star as well. Unlike Em, who didn't play himself but played someone very much like him in particular and a real human being in general, Marcus Greer is not so much a fictionalized version of Jackson as 50 Cent's idea of ​​50 Cent. Young Caesar is the larger-than-life figure that Curtis Jackson desperately wants to be, to the point that a modest 50 cents is not enough anymore; only a nickname that references arguably the most brilliant political and military mind history will suffice. This is unintentionally ironic because the protagonist is not the sharpest knife in the kitchen; for example, little Marcus's (Marc John Jefferies) mother is murdered, and the suspect is a "Rick James-looking motherfucker" (Leon, criminally underutilized), so Marcus keeps a photo of the Super Freak ever near him, because otherwise he would forget what her mother's alleged killer looks like? This is supposed to be a drama, a genre that the filmmaker, having directed My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, should know very well; on the other hand, the director also wrote those films, so the blame for this inexplicable faux pas falls squarely on the scriptwriter. The hero's Dickensian childhood was a cliché that 8 Mile could afford to skip because the dysfunctional interaction between Em and Kim Basinger told us everything we needed to know about it without the need for flashbacks narrated in Fifty’s uninflected monotone. Then again, the soundtrack includes a song called “Window Shopper,” which means a mandatory shot of little Marcus staring forlornly through a window at the sneakers he can't afford, while a couple of extras taunt him. The director surrounds Jackson with strong supporting cast (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Terrence Howard, the monolithic Bill Duke), but this is a double-edged sword; either they elevate Fifty to their level, or they completely overshadow him until he disappears, which is exactly what happens here. Now, if Jackson were any smarter or less selfish, he would have let Howard, still fresh from a similar role in Hustle & Flow, play the lead, instead of saddling him with the role of his trusty sidekick Bama. Nevertheless, Howard steals every scene he’s in (and has the best lines of dialogue; e.g., "Bama. Are you from Alabama?" "No, North Carolina." "Why do they call you Bama?” “I didn't want people to call me Lina”), including the best of them all: a revealing scuffle in a jail shower that preceded the Turkish bath fight in Eastern Promises by two years. The big difference is that Hustle &Flow is about a pimp who aspires to become a musician, while GRoDT is about a gangbanger who gets distracted too easily: “I had my own space and I could focus on my dream of being a rapper… After three hours, I quit my career as a rapper and went back to selling coke.” In other words, why make an effort when one is such a prodigy that, when imprisoned, the other inmates and even the guards know the lyrics to Young Caesar’s future chart-topping hits?


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