Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 28, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $34,500,994
Synopsis:
Leader. Thief. Warrior. Father.
Armed with a potent combination of charisma, street smarts and martial arts expertise, Tony Fait (DMX) navigates the menace of the urban landscape with passionate precision, taking care of business and his fiercely loyal crew of professionals...
Leader. Thief. Warrior. Father.
Armed with a potent combination of charisma, street smarts and martial arts expertise, Tony Fait (DMX) navigates the menace of the urban landscape with passionate precision, taking care of business and his fiercely loyal crew of professionals (ANTHONY ANDERSON, GABRIELLE UNION and DRAG-ON) with a dedication surpassed only by his love for his young daughter Vanessa (PAIGE HURD).
After pulling off a complex heist involving a cache of black diamonds, Fait quickly comes fist-to-fist with Su (JET LI), a Taiwanese government agent who has pursued the extraordinary stones halfway across the world. As lethal as he is relentless, Su isn’t just hunting down diamonds – he’s hunting the ruthless Ling (MARK DACASCOS), his former partner, who kidnaps Fait’s daughter in a ploy to exchange her for the stolen jewels.
But when word hits the street that Fait stashed the stones with his fence Archie (TOM ARNOLD), the diamonds promptly wind up in the hands of a powerful crime lord (CHI McBRIDE).
His back to the wall, Fait mobilizes his crew, suspends his strict no-guns policy and prepares to unleash every force at his disposal to save his daughter. But only Su knows Ling well enough to anticipate his every move – and after he dispenses with Ling’s operatives in an explosive display of martial prowess, Fait realizes Su could be his best hope for bringing Vanessa home alive.
Adversaries by code but allied by circumstance, the master thief and the enigmatic agent join forces to wage war on their common enemy: Su to exact revenge against the man who once tried to take his life and Fait to rescue Vanessa, the one person that he cannot live without.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Silver Pictures production starring JET LI and DMX. Cradle 2 the Grave also stars ANTHONY ANDERSON, KELLY HU, TOM ARNOLD, MARK DACASCOS and GABRIELLE UNION. The film is directed by ANDRZEJ BARTKOWIAK and produced by JOEL SILVER. HERBERT W. GAINS and RAY D. COPELAND are the executive producers. The screenplay is by JOHN O’BRIEN and CHANNING GIBSON from a story by John O’Brien. The music is by JOHN FRIZZELL and DAMON “GREASE” BLACKMAN. DARYN OKADA, A.S.C. is the director of photography. The film is edited by DEREK G. BRECHIN and co-produced by SUSAN LEVIN and MELINA KEVORKIAN.
Cradle 2 the Grave will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL Time Warner Company.
This film has been rated R by the MPAA for “violence, language and some sexual content.”
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold
Screenwriter: Joseph O'Brien, Channing Gibson
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: John Frizzell
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 12, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Snap Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
- Featurettes - 1. DESCENDER OF THE RIG
- 2. ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONS
- 3. CHOREOGRAPHY OF THE CAMERA
- Music Video - 1. "X Gon' Give It To Ya" by DMX
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
- Additional Footage - 1. Rear Projection on Subway
- 2. Time Lapse Montage
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Reviews
Absurdity is one of Cradle 2 the Grave's two fatal flaws. The other is predictability.
You’ll have to check your brain at the door, but as long as you remember to pick it up on the way out, you should be fine.
Unlike many films of this genre, it has a plot that makes sense and it has characters that are least defined, if not developed.
A movie about stealing pricey diamonds rather than strutting around in them, it pits ghetto jewel thieves against martial arts secret agents and high-stakes shopaholics.
Em certo momento do filme, ao descrever o crescente poder de destruição de uma arma, um personagem diz: ‘Uma Hiroshima... Duas Hiroshimas...’. Creio que o estágio seguinte seria: ‘Um Contra o Tempo...’.
Cradle 2 the Grave feels like about four different movies working at once, all of them stylized, none of them making much sense and maybe a couple of those being even slightly entertaining.
In the spectrum of modern martial arts movies, Cradle 2 the Grave is glorified B-movie fodder at best.
The problem with CRADLE 2 GRAVE, aside from the cutesy "2" in the title is very simple. Not enough Jet Li.
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