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Summary: greatest action movie ever
Review: the story wasnt as good as other jet li movies but it was solid. the reason this movie deserves 5 stars is the action. it has great fight scenes, fast cars, atvs, midgets, crime, tanks,and saving the world from nuclear destruction. it wont win any academy awards but it is definitely worth seeing
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Summary: Needs Less EFX, More Jet Li
Review: Fans were awed by the brilliance and creativity of Jet Li's moves in "Romeo Must Die" or "Lethal Weapon 4" (not to speak of his massive accomplishments in his Chinese films) because of the little things--binding people with plastic straps, fighting them with a fire hose, strangling with a rosary or disassembling a gun with one swipe. It seems as his American film career progresses, Li has chosen to go with big effects, and less of the smaller, cooler moves. Cradle 2 The Grave has all the basic action movie elements: a reluctant pairing (Li's Su character and DMX's Fait), a kidnapping, a weapon of mass destruction, comic relief (Tom Arnold) and the bad guy boss who can also fight. "Cradle" also adds cooler elements such as DMX's burglary squad, who operate quite efficiently in a very "Ocean's 11" way; a nice contrast with rough-n-tough DMX and his daddy-doting daughter; and Li in a semi-neutral role, neither fully a good guy or a bad guy. Su, a Taiwanese intelligence officer, spoils Fait's theft of some valuable gems that just happen to be able to produce nearly infinite amounts of destructive energy. Weapons dealers mistakenly believe Fait still has them and kidnap his daughter, forcing Su and Fait to work as a team. Other than an amazing stunt showing Li dropping from balcony to balcony using only his hands on a skyscraping hotel, the directors of "Cradle" seem to have gone away from Li's amazing athletic skills and toward gigantic fight scenes that show no creativity. There's even an extremely forced fight scene with Jet Li against several guys in a "Fight Club"-like scenario, that comes out of nowhere, and feels like an entirely different movie. The battle at the end is way too reminiscent of the final battle in "Romeo Must Die," and is almost a side issue by then. However, both Li and DMX come through with excellent performances, making even Tom Arnolds grinny comic act easier to swallow. The movie moves extremely well, and has no really slow parts. It's about 20 percent the chase, 40 percent fights, 20 percent comedy and 20 percent heists. Get it and watch it during a long weekend, but this film isn't a must-have, by any means, for your collection.
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Summary: Cradle to the grave
Review: Daredevil had horrible action scenes it had a terrible storyline thats why i would give it 1 star.
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Summary: ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR!
Review: I loathed this movie. I am beginning to hate all action movies in general. They used to be well-written and intelligent- (ex. Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Fugitive)-now they are just dumbed down and stupid. DMX can't act, and Jet Li needs to find better material. Whoever wrote this script had a limited vocabulary...it's so painfully obvious. Unnecessary profanity plagued the dialogue (MO-FO this, and MO-FO that. F you, motherf-er, and other wonderful phrases, in an attempt to be gritty and "realistic"). The film as a whole does not justify all of this. The happy ending is also contrived and pitiful. Total waste of time, and I wish I could get my money back. SKIP IT.
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Summary: terrible.....................
Review: i am a huge fan of jet li and martial art movies and have been for nearly 15 years or so....so i've seen a fair few! this however is not one of the better ones! when i heard the cast list i was a little excited but only to be disappointed. dmx really cannot act.....i thought the role would be perfect for him as all he had to do was act 'gangsta' and swear a lot...but he couldn't even manage that convincingly enough..... jet li was not as prominent in this movie as i thought he would be which was disappointing really...... dacascos was also another disappointment.....this guy is awesome and the final fight scene was not nearly as memorable or competitive enough between him and jet as it could have been.... however, tom arnold was funny in his bits as well as anthony anderson, but that was the only highlights in a terrible movie....definetly won't be buying this on dvd.........
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Summary: Cradle 2 the Grave-This Cradle Rocks
Review: After seeing Cradle 2 the Grave, I was rather pleased. The film featured incredible and amazing stunts, with heavy armed shootouts to intense bone crunching fights. Considering that the film is produced by Joel Silver (The Matrix) and directed by Andrej Bartkowiak, you can expect great action. Bartkowiak previously directed the smash hit Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds.
The cast from those previous films are also rather similar, we have Jet Li, DMX and Anthony Anderson as well as hilarious Tom Arnold.
The plot of this film was simple and rather banal, considering this film follows many other films, just is more violent and a bit profane as well. The music is also another enjoyable aspect of the film. The plot is rather formulaic but the sophisticated action made the movie enthralling and immensly entertaining. The plot was basically a bunch jewel thiefs receive possesion of green stones which end up being more important then they seem, get in the wrongs hands and someone's daugther is kidnapped and well two people go on a journey to get her back.
I wish there were a few more sequeneces with action, but well it seems the film was quite complete with the action it already contained.
Cradle 2 the Grave is rated R for Violence, Language and Some Sexual Content. The film's violence can be somewhat abysmal at times, the language rather excessive and the sexuality fairly mild, mainly a striptease scene with no actual nudity. Go see it!
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Summary: Extreme Kick @$$ Kung-Fu Action¿
Review: A lot of the reviews were critical of this movie and director Andrzej Bartkowiak, but let me tell you, what the movie may or may not lack in story or originality, it more than makes up for with intense action and cinematography. THE STORY: Tony Fait (DMX) is a jewel-thief whose latest heist gets him caught in between a huge gang war between the Taiwanese government, the local mob and a terrorist network. When the bad guys kidnap his daughter he must form a reluctant alliance with the Taiwanese cop Su Duncan (Jet Li) sent to recover the jewel to find her. THE COOL STUFF: Most people will compare this film with Li's and Bartkowiak's last collaboration, 2000's "Romeo Must Die" with its similar "kung-fu/hip-hop" pairing and casting (the alwas superb Anthony Anderson also returns as Tommy) and in my estimation, "Cradle 2 The Grave" has managed to surpass the earlier film. The action, both kung-fu wise as well as stunt wise is far superior to the earlier film. Another comparable film in my opinion was Vin Diesel's 2002 effort "XXX." DMX's scene with the motorcycle chase easily beats up some of Diesel's work in XXX. (I also though Diesel would have made a fine choice for the Fait character, but DMX pulled it off well). As always, Jet Li's work is simply amazing to watch. BEST SCENES: 1. The motorcycle chase 2. Jet Li's "Fight Club" 3. Smooth talking the security guard. 4. The final battle WARNINGS: Pretty tame stuff although this being a Jet Li movie you KNOW the ending is going to be just a "little" gruesome. THE VERDICT: If you love action, Li and Bartkowiak bring it in spades. Highly Recommended
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Summary: One "Heck" of a movie
Review: If you are the accion got to have type this is the movie you want, lots of fights and heavy ARMY eqqipment fun stuff!
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Summary: Predictable, But Better Action Film Than You May Think
Review: Jet Li's new film in Hollywood is produced by Joel Silver, and there are lots of HIS fingerprints all around. Slick action, comic relief, and [beautiful]women. Many critics may despise those things, but I just don't agree with them; for, in short, what's wrong with that? The plot is all about handful of some mysterious black diamonds and cruel gangsters, professional thiefs (with no gun policy) and a spy sent from Asia. Imagine actors like Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu ("The Scorpion King"), DMX, Anthony Anderson ("Exit Wounds"), Gabrielle Union ("Bring It On")and Jei Li, and you get rightly the idea of who is going to be cast as who. Add them a comic relief Tom Arnold, and then you know the whole story. Sure, the cast look like "Exit Wounds" minus Steven, but "Cradle 2 the Grave" shows better actions than that, having Jet Li at hand. And fight scenes are instructed by Li's trusted long-time friend Corey Yuen (who also did a job behind "The Transporter"), so actions are competently done, if lacks any new element. At least, nimble Li can move as a spy should, and he even gives his original style here (he rarely uses his left hand). Though I am not still as much impressed by his Hollywood works as his Asian ones, "Cradle 2 the Grave" is better than his previous "The One" and perhaps the same director's "Romeo Must Die." DMX and other actors are all good, but I still think that director Andrzej Bartkowiak (who was the photographer of "Speed," and you can see a good parody of this hit film here) can better the entire film by speeding up the story a bit. With characters one or two less, the film is less confusing and slicker. The film is indeed predictable, but you should know that from the beginning. And ... well, if you know that from the beginning, you cannot complain about that. Plus, you get a very funny end credits, thanks to Tom Arnold and Anthony Anderson.
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Summary: Wow Jet Li what heppen to you?
Review: I understand that Li had a few bad movies but he always makes up for them. This one was pretty bad. After I finished watching this movie I decided that DMX is a bad actor/rapper. DMX needs to take a time out! Bottom line... You have seen this movie before in 1000 different scenes.
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