Release Date
November 9, 2005
DVD Release Date
March 28, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Terence Winter
Cast
50 Cent, Viola Davis, Terrence Dashon Howard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Bill Duke, Walter Alza, Benz Antoine, Arlene Duncan, Omar Benson Miller, Pedro Miguel Arce
Studio
Running Time
134 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality and nudity
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, one of the biggest and most popular stars in hip-hop, is the charismatic driving force behind "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," a hard-hitting drama directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan about an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be. Marcus (Jackson) has always known he was going to... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I don't like rap. Personally, I think most of it is garbage. And I'm not some old white guy who can't understand "how youth is degrading with this filth." I am a 23-year old guy who just doesn't understand how this music - if you can call it music - can be so popular.
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