Review of Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) by Alex S — 06 Jul 2014
From the director that you brought you the tepid action thrillers Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds, comes another lame action thriller with Cradle 2 The Grave. Jet Li is barely in this movie, and literally get only about 10-15 lines throughout the whole thing.
DMX is simply not a very convincing actor, as he is very stuff and wooden. Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold provide some very nice comedic relief, but most of it is just bluntly racist. Gabrielle Union and Kelly Hu get a brief cat fight, but are mostly eye candy.
The film's only highlight is the finale battle between Jet Li and Mark Dascascos. They fight in a ring of fire, with water dramatically raining on them only. This is intercut with the before mentioned cat fight and DMX vs some random goon.
This movie is so bad. There are simply no other words. Jet Li fights a midget for a brief moment, and defeats about 20 MMA fighters with wirework in some very sloppy and lazy action choreography. Throw in an exploitative strip tease and some half baked plot about -diamonds that can become nuclear, and you have a very tame action movie that is all half assed style and not much substance.
I'll give it one star for the cast (mainly Tom Arnold and Chi McBride), and one more for the competent but brief climax fight.
This review of Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) was written by Alex S on 06 Jul 2014.
Cradle 2 the Grave has generally received mixed reviews.
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