Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 22609
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 345034
UPC: 097363450344
EAN: 0097363450344
ASIN: B000E1NXB8
Theatrical Release Date: November 9, 2005
Release Date: March 28, 2006
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Product Description
MARCUS ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE A RAPPER: BUT, WHEN HIS MOTHER IS MURDERED, HE TURNS TO DEALING DRUGS FOR NYC CRIME BOSSMAJESTIC. WHEN MARCUS LANDS IN PRISON, HE DECIDES TO QUIT HUSTLING & DEDICATE HIMSELF TO HIS MUSIC. BUT BY TURNING HISBACK ON MAJESTIC, HE MAY HAVE SIGNED HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT.
Amazon.com
In Get Rich or Die Tryin', rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson presents himself as a rap superhero, encased in muscular flesh like armor, his face impassive as a mask, reaching out to destroy his enemies with his unique talent. The plot, though based on Jackson's life, is standard--a gangster breaks from his youthful life of crime to triumph as a rapper--but there's vitality in the details: Jackson's girlfriend helps him pull free the wires holding his jaw shut when he's recovered from being shot in the face; a startling, brutal fight by naked men in a prison shower. Jackson even has his comic-book moment of transformation when a razor blade is thrown into his cell, encouraging him to kill himself; instead, he uses it to carve his rhymes into the walls. Unfortunately, as an actor Jackson only has two sides, gangster hard or oddly childlike and vulnerable. This second aspect falls away from the movie as Jackson assumes power, leaving only the cold, impassive face of a tough guy. That's the fate of superheroes too--they become the mask they present to the world, which is both their dream and their fate. Terrence Howard (Crash, Hustle & Flow) livens things up as a volatile prison friend. Also featuring Bill Duke (Predator) as a raspy ganglord and Joy Bryant (Honey) as Jackson's girlfriend. Capably directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America). --Bret Fetzer
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 Horrible rapper, horrible actor, but...compelling story? December 29, 2009
D. Galante (watchcity, Ma)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was on cable the other night, and edited to boot...so half the dialogue was gibberish. Long story short, the rap game ain't for sissies...it ain't for talent anymore either, it would seem...but what 50 lacks in talent (paging Rakim, KRS, Company Flow..hello???), he makes up for in heart. Dude got shot 9 times!!! He can have his millions, my white behind will stay poor with no bullets in it, thank you very much. One scene actually made me feel something. I never thought that would happen. So keep slingin' that crack up in da club, ya never know, you could be sellin' sugar water for millions someday.
Keep your expectations low, and maybe you just might find this movie almost worthwhile...you can't watch Criterion ALL the time, can you?
To put it bluntly-this is The Wire with downs...you'll laugh, but for all the wrong reasons.
Make an english version December 22, 2009
Shawn T. Mcfadden (Harlem)
I only saw this movie in Spanish and I don't speak Spanish so this movie wasn't very good. I really wish immigrants would stop trying to take over American industry with their Mexican actors like Mr. Curtis Jackson!
 Good Quality June 16, 2009
Jaden (Fl, USA)
When I purchased this DVD it was used and I was a little skeptical but after having recieved it and watched the movie I am very pleased at the picture quality and how it was packaged when I recieved it.
Get Rich with 50 Cent April 30, 2009
NEOSOUL06 (Atlanta, Ga.)
I did not order this so I cannot review the shipping or packaging. However, I did check this movie out and it is quite good. It has a host of actors, rappers and entertainers which makes this a very well rounded film. I was not sure what to expect from 50 Cent in his acting debut but he did not disappoint. He also chose one of the sexiest leading ladies (Joy Bryant). If you like 50 Cent's music and you are into Gangster shoot em' up movies then you'll enjoy this one. I hope this helps. YMMV...Neosoul06
Good for what it is April 24, 2009
miseryhatescompany (Fort Lauderdale)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Amazon reviewers are real sheep. Everybody is bashing 50 Cent but very little of these rants posing as reviews actually speak about the actual movie. Let's get one thing straight. If you hate 50 so much that you cant even write a partial review on this movie don't review it. Im not fond of 50 as a rapper and as a person but that is a lousy reason to give this movie bad reviews.
Get Rich Or Die Trying is loosely based on the life of Curtis Jackson and based on that reason its pretty good. 50 plays himself and there are good performances from Terrance Howard as well as Joy Bryant who plays Charlene, Marcus's girlfriend in the movie. Bill Duke is pretty good as Levar the boss of the organization Marcus links up with. Adewale Akinnouye Agbaje is excellent as the ruthless Majestic. The movie covers Marcus childhood as well is how he became to be a rapper. One might question the authenticity of the story being told in this movie(this being the movie's real flaw) but as far as entertainment goes I enjoyed myself.
Its a shame when people allow the hapless trendies that run amok on Amazon, IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes dictate to you what qualifies as quality movies. These weirdos think that defending awful movies that were rightfully panned like Freddy Got Fingered, Nothing But Trouble, Batman and Robin, The Musketeer and The Black Dahlia makes them hip and cool and not pathetic posers in dire need of a life. And as far as acting goes the last time I checked Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leonardo Dicaprio, Brad "Musty Arm" Pitt(overrated beyond belief), Casper Van Diem, Chuck Norris were not real actors! To all of you reasonable people out there do not allow the circus freaks on Amazon, IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes to tell you what counts for good cinema because you will be disappointed every time. There are a lot of great movies that never made the Top 250 or gotten Fresh Tomatoes. Just goes to show you the bandwagon mentality of these pseudo intellectual rodents. And as far as the overly sensitive sheep go, I wouldn't waste time trying to reason with your schizophrenic a**es. Go fawn over the ever-so-overrated Quentin Tarantino like the spineless groupies you are.
BRING ON THE UNHELPFUL VOTES!!!!
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