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| | Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 165939
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| Our Price: $24.99 |
| Used Price: $3.78 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Urban gangsters. "DMX will blow you away as King David, a cunning and charismatic leader of the streets who returns to his home turf seeking redemption...but finds only brutal retribution." Drugs, violence.
Description of Never Die Alone:
There's nothing like a violent, foul-mouthed, drug-laden, misogynistic, post-adolescent gangsta fantasy to teach you (heh heh) that crime doesn't pay. Whassup with Never Die Alone, bro? Here's a pulp-driven movie that wants it both ways, glorifying virtually every negative black-male stereotype in the book (illiterates with absentee parents, gold-toothed pimps, hooded gangstas, bling-bling drug dealers, thugs, and assorted hip-hop wannabes) while presenting a gritty neo-noir crime story of an ill-fated heroin dealer and woman-hater (rapper-turned-bad-actor DMX) who seeks redemption but has too much bad karma to survive. Based on the influential 1974 novel by Donald Goines and directed with plenty of dark-city style by Ernest R. Dickerson, this hard-hitting but woefully trashy crime thriller is rather ambitious in its narrative structure, weaving past and present in telling a doomed man's tale. David Arquette brings urgent desperation to his role as a seedy writer whose inner-city research turns into a violent nightmare, and Michael Ealy is equally good as a vengeful gangsta with blood ties to DMX's character. But what's the real lesson here? In a movie with no moral compass, it's no wonder everyone's spinning off in all the wrong directions. --Jeff Shannon
Never Die Alone Reviews:
america's critic 
2009-09-11 - loved it but why unrated when its no different from the regular version huh,, hate the unrated thing when they do that,, this was great loved the story i wanted more out of it the girls were hot dmx killed it acting was on point just like cradle 2 the grave-- make sure u get a copy of never die alone!!!
Excellent
2009-08-16 - I saw it on TV. I thought it was excellent. Very well written and very well portrayed by very talented actors.
DMX Never Die Alone Is a 4 Star DVD 
2009-08-09 - Well I Saw This Movie ON Sale at a used DVD Store for $7.99 and decided to give it a try. And I have to say I was really surprised on how good it was. DMX was not a bad actor for his first big role in a movie. I will say the story is good but confusing and you need to follow it closely to understand what is going on. The one complaint that I do have about this movie is I feel it should have been given more time than it was. This is a depressing story if you look at it as a whole. It is sad to think that heavy drugs like that can get you in such a bad place in your life that you could end up killing yourself or driving your life straight into the ground. It had action when it wasn't flashing back to DMX life and a lot of shooting scenes which were cool. A depressing, Exciting and good story told and I will go with 4 out of 5 stars and a strong recommendation to pick this DVD up.
Harsh Reality
2006-08-19 - Movie started out cheesy with jewish writer trying to get "real" by living in slums and getting close to black culture. Other than the poorly acted writer role, the rest of the movie is similar to what happens in ghettos all over America. Very good, if you are interested in social work, psychology. Dont bother to scare your kids with this one; in fact, it would probably encourage them.
Just Ok
2006-07-25 - the movie really did not have a complete story line....the acting was ok, I was expecting more.
