Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

ivo-cobra8 Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) is the most underrated Jet Li's American action work he ever done before. I don't get the hate for this film and I don't get the praise for Jet Li's film The One (2001) that get's thumbs up, but this one get's thumbs down! I will never understand the hate for this film! I love it to death, It is a fun action film, it is Jet Li's second film timing up with polish Director Andrzej Bartkowiak and actors DMX and Anthony Anderson who previously worked with Jet Li on Romeo Must Die. Drag-On and Tom Arnold teams up from the film Exit Wounds (2001) they both worked together with Andrzej Bartkowiak. It is really a shame that Aaliyah died two years earlier otherwise she would be cast in this movie. I guess director Andrzej Bartkowiak did not wan't Steven Seagal for this movie anymore, because apparently they all did not get a long. DMX really had hard time working together with Steven Seagal on Exit Wounds. I love this film to death, it is my second favorite Jet Li action film it is my number 2 action film! I know more Jet Li's American work: Romeo Must Die, The One, War, The Expendables 1,2 and 3, Kiss of the Dragon and Cradle 2 the Grave and I absolutely love this film! I kept watching it as a teen and I still do!"I am Su." "I'm *not* Bruce." Plot: When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer (Jet Li) to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.The basic plot about this film it is about a power, a black diamonds are stolen from a Jewel thief (DMX) and his team but a sadistic crime lord (Mark Dacascos) want's them back, so his men kidnaps Jewel thief's daughter for exchange of the diamonds. To get the diamonds back, jewel thief races against time, with his team to recover the stolen diamonds, with a help from Su (Jet Li) a Hong Kong cop. This film is more about a revenge and arms dealing and theft of a black diamonds it is a mystery of what is about. Crimelord (Mark Dacascos) was a Hong Kong cop and Jet Li's partner, but he betrayed Jet Li and he tried to kill him, Mark Dacascos come to America with a stolen black diamonds which he stole them, but he lost them. The diamonds are for a powerful laser weapon and Mark Dacascos is selling the weapon for a highest binder on an auction. The black diamonds belongs to the Hong Kong people not to the foreigners and Jet Li's role in this movie is to find to black diamonds and to stop his former partner. Jet Li also helps the jewel thief finding his daughter and he is teaming up with a jewel thief. I love this film to death! Their is plenty of action, martial arts from Jet Li and Mark Dacascos. Gabrielle Union from Bad Boys II is also in here and she did well in her lead role. I seriously love her character she did everything to help his friend finding his daughter. Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold add comedy to all the excitement. Kelly Hu and Gabrielle Union flex beauty and strength as foes destined for a beat down. Also producer Joel Silver returns with director Andrzej Bartkowiak, who fused martial arts with hip-hop style in Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds, take it to the next level with Cradle 2 the Grave.I love the songs of this film by Eminem - Go To Sleep I love this song I have been always been a fan of Eminem. My Life (Cradle 2 the Grave) from Foxy Brown ft. Althea Heart is another song that I love and X Gon' Give it to Ya from DMX which I love his songs and DMX is talented rapper. Because this film with Romeo Must Die had a lot of hip hop songs in it and I love it they are all beautiful songs. Everyone in this film did an amazing job! Overall: This is a fun action film, it is excited it has plenty of action, guns, explosion, tank in this movie and a lot's of martial arts from Jet Li. In my honest opinion Cradle 2 the Grave and Romeo Must Die are MILES way better films than Exit Wounds, The One and War I hate those three films. The rating is 10/10 because this film is very underrated and people does not appreciate this days a good action movie anymore! Cradle 2 the Grave is a 2003 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, and starring Jet Li and DMX. The film was released in the United States on February 28, 2003.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Starring: Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle Union, Tom Arnold, Randy Couture Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Producer: Joel Silver Screenplay: John O'Brien Channing Gibson Story by John O'Brien Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 41 Mins. Budget: $30,000,000 Box Office: $56,489,558

Spikeopath I guess when push comes to shove it's an action film that delivers the requisite supply of biff, bam and kerpow action sequences. Yet even allowing for the old "leave the brain at the door" requirement for such action comic malarkey, the script is too poor, the acting equally so, while the choreography is weak. The latter of which a big misstep when you have Jet Li and Mark Dacascos fronting the good guy/bad guy axis of the story.Plot pitches Li's ass kicking detective with DMX's urban thief together as an unlikely buddy buddy combo trailing missing diamonds and DMX's kidnapped daughter, and that's pretty much it. There's no attempts to expand the characters or add some emotional depth to what is meant to be a pretty critical situation.It often feels tired, like a recycling of so many other film's of similar ilk, originality is out the window here, hell they even get Tom Arnold in to reprise a watered down version of his character from True Lies. Gabrielle Union and Kelly Hu are on hand to add the sexy sizzle in thankless roles, while Dacascos barely registers as an uber villain.Lazy and redundant, all told, a waste of time for cast and viewers alike. 4/10

Exeron I watched and i have to say, i did not like it at all, the plot was stupid and cliché, and the actors performances wasn't the best either, Anthony Fait's (DMX's) daughter gets kidnapped, and with a surprise there is money involved and a plan to destroy the earth, this movie goes from Ghetto to James bond, it's really pointless actually. If you see this movie for 2$, don't buy it, in fact i wouldn't even get it if it was free. Sure it got some descent action sequences, but the plot was way to bad so you didn't even notice them. This movie still gets a weak 5/10 from me, some actors did a great job, but DMX don't belong among those actors, in fact he doesn't belong in the actor world at all. STICK TO THE MUSIC MAN!, if you wan't to see a boring action movie, fine. But just a tip, don't pay to much for it...

tjp91 This film, in my opinion was disappointing on several scores. The storyline, incredibly weak, almost unfeasible, that gets blown out of proportion. It starts with a fairly reasonable plot: A jewel theft, being tailed by a Taiwan government agent, but gradually evolves into the typical good vs evil, Jet Li and Dmx saving the world from mass destruction. That is what I found so disappointing. Furthermore Jet Li's role as Su, was very two-dimensional, he never said much, or viced an opinion. In fact how much do we actually no about Su? Except he has a daughter!? I found Dmx's role equally as dull. The entire film was packed with clichés and stereotypes, it lacked originality and everything was so predictable. The crime lord in prison has a luxuriously appointed prison cell- was that a subtle way of suggesting his power and influence? Whether it was or not it was unreal... There were several car chases, Dmx managed to make a miraculous escape from a dozen police cars, a helicopter and some bloke on a motorbike... He can also walk twenty feet up walks... even his name "fait" was to stereotyped...The Villain, Ling, was again a "seen-it-all" before disappointment, a man who boasts danger, a martial arts expert, that actually does very little. As far as characters were considered, nothing leaped out.On a more positive note the choreography was refreshing. Jet Li delivered some impressive fighting sequences, particularly the cage-fight, against about fifteen UFC wrestlers and a midget. His stealthy sleek martial-arts style of Wushu is neatly incorporates itself with other fighting styles. Jet Li tends to use the oppositions attack to his advantage, as well as being able to dodge any attack without moving his feet. There is no denying is skill as a master of his art, and despite everybody saying in the street he couldn't do anything, I wouldn't be so sure. Watch Kiss of the Dragon, to show how he can effectively use martial arts in a more street-orientated environment. Sadly, the film is let down by more unrealistic matters, trivial little details that tell you this film cant be taken seriously. For example: Daria, went fighting Kelly-Hu, gets kicked punched and ragged around. But she defeats her enemy by some very fancy arm movement and a machine gun. Surely the director could have come up with something more imaginative than that, as well as not having a scratch on her. But the film really surpassed the realms of reality when Ling, is in a helicopter, the helicopter gets shot by a cannon, it crashes to the ground and explodes to smithereens. But remarkably Ling climbs out of the helicopter without so much as a mark on him. I understand that this is film, but I like reality based films, that have believable and conceivable plots. Don't get me wrong, this film isn't bad, it boasts good action, good choreography and a marginally feasible plot. However, a preempted warning, this film as its flaws, that leaves you wandering. I rated this film 5 out 10: five because of the imaginative choreography, but five off for the rest of it...