Cradle 2 the Grave Poster

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

R 02/28/2003 Action, Crime, Drama 1h 41m
61%
User
Score
5.8/10
27%
36/100

Born 2 the life. True 2 the code. Bad 2 the bone.

Overview

Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director

John O'Brien

Screenplay

Channing Gibson

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Jet Li

Jet Li

Su

DMX

DMX

Anthony Fait

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Daria

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

Tommy

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

Archie

Paige Hurd

Paige Hurd

Vanessa

Mark Dacascos

Mark Dacascos

Yao Ling

Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu

Sona

Sean Cory

Sean Cory

Willy Chickens

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Media

Cradle 2 the Grave Official Trailer

Cradle 2 the Grave Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 16, 2014

High on action, low on grey matter.

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 situa...

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A review by r96sk

Written on September 9, 2020

Extremely dumb, but <em>'Cradle 2 the Grave'</em> actually did entertain me.

The humour and cast are the strongest parts to this film, it made me laugh a couple of times to be fair. Jet Li (Su) and DMX (Anthony) are the two leads, they aren't all that memorable in truth but at least do have a few good scenes. The main ones I'll remember are in fact two bit part roles in Anthony Anderson (Tommy) and Tom Arnold (Archie). Those two kept things comedic which worked well. Chi McBride is also solid as Chambers, who should've been the main villain in my opinion.

The premise is borderline rubbish, but the above mentioned things as well as the music/action made sure I was enjoying myself while watching this - that's sometimes all you want....

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