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Erik Triggs is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr, assumes Erik and his friend Malik are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.
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Susan Stark Detroit News 10/04/2002
2/4
Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good. Go to Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press 10/04/2002
2/4
A loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama.' Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 09/24/2002
Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay, the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/21/2005
2/5
Anita Schmaltz Metro Times (Detroit, MI) 10/04/2002
3/5
'...Mafia, rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely, but likable, hero.' Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/12/2012 Its Good. I Love Nelly See more 11/01/2009 There's nothing new or fresh that this movie offers but it isn't all bad. A few good performances and story that is sometimes interesting make this, depending on your taste, a passable flick. See more 07/26/2008 i like dis movie cause its good lol See more 07/12/2008 I LOVE THIS MOVIE NELLY IS TOO FINE!! See more 05/27/2008 ITS NOT DA BEST MOVIE!!! BUT I LOVED DA MOVIE CUZ NELLY WAS THE LEAD IN DA MOVIE!!! I LOVE NELLY!!!!! See more 05/24/2008 this is my kind of movie mystery and violence plus my favorite rapper nelly in it shit it deseved 5 stars See more Read all reviews
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Rich Murray

Director

Sam Jones III

Erik

Zoe Saldaña

Cheryl

Nelly

Prolifik

Dean Winters

Bobby Starr

Rashaan Nall

Floyd

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Synopsis Erik Triggs is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his unreleased album is stolen, the record label's sleazy owner, Bobby Starr, assumes Erik and his friend Malik are responsible. The two soon find themselves on the run.
Director
Rich Murray
Producer
Rich Murray, Chris Schwartz
Screenwriter
Rob Wiser, Rich Murray
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, Ruff Nation Films, RuffHouse Productions
Rating
R (Violence|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Use|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 16, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$70.1K
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital