Get Rich or Die Tryin' Movie Review 2005

Gangsta melodrama loosely based on the experiences of star/rapper 50 Cent and something of a departure for Irish director Sheridan. Thug Marcus wants easy money by selling drugs; instead he gets into some nasty turf wars and winds up in prison. He reconnects with homeboy Bama (Howard) who offers to be his manager if Marcus wants to pursue that rap career. He also gets a good woman, Charlene (Bryant), who loves and believes in him. None of this is particularly interesting, maybe because familiarity breeds, if not contempt, then indifference.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 134 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Urban Drama, Urban Gangstas, Hip-Hop/Rap, African America, True Stories, New York, New York

Screenplay

Terence Winter

Cast

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Terrence DaShon Howard, Joy Bryant, Bill Duke, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, Viola Davis, Tory Kittles, Marc John Jefferies, Leon, Sullivan Walker, Russell Hornsby, Ashley Walters, Serena Reeder, Mpho Koaho

Cinematography

Declan Quinn

Director

Jim Sheridan

Music

Quincy Jones, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer

Other

Bruce Carwardine, John Houlihan, Sha Money XL, Conrad Buff, Roger Barton, Dennis Davenport, Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, Mark Geraghty

Producer

Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg, Chris Lighty, Jim Sheridan, MTV Films, Shady, Aftermath, Interscope, Paramount