DMX,
David Arquette,
Michael Ealy,
Clifton Powell,
Reagan Gomez-Preston
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From a script from first-time scribe James Gibson comes this filmed adaptation of ex-gangster Donald Goines' 1974 novel Never Die Alone. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson (Juice, Bones), the films stars... read more
DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004
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September 2, 2010A slow starting Urban Thriller that is worth bearing with to reveal the true plot behind the film. In honesty the film is just easy watching, but has been seen time and time again and offers nothing new to this style of film.
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September 29, 2007Movies awesome. DMX's best film. It's kind of insane, and tragic, through out the entire movie - but the storyline and twist, and everything, is beyond good. It's sad but great, at the same time. It tells it like it is. Check it out
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July 18, 2009Disappointed with this one. Had a few moments where I thought okay this movie might have some promise. The only character you somewhat care for is the one played by Michael Ealy. He was the only one who seemed to have depth where the others appeared to be superficial and lost.
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July 5, 2009OMG...This was the most horrible piece of film ever created. DMX, don't quit your day job, even though the CD sales have gone down.
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January 24, 2008I'm not really sure what to make of it. I enjoyed watching it, but mainly because DMX used the phrase "mothafucka" a lot. Speaking of DMX, he's actually pretty good in his role here, so is the guy that played his son, Mike.
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July 22, 2007A nostalgic movie with terrible acting and an even worse script. There was nothing memorable about this story.
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June 5, 2007I liked it in that offbeat kind of way. I really got into the main character and the tragedy that was his life.
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August 10, 2006Never Die Alone surpised me a whole lot... DMX's best movie... the fact that DMX dies right away and that it doesn't glorify the gangster lfiestyle at all is awesome
Critic Reviews
March 29, 2004
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
March 26, 2004
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
A bumbling adaptation.
March 26, 2004
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
What makes Never Die Alone so monumentally terrible isn't just its bearhugging of gangsta flick convention, but its desperate attempt to imbue run-of-the-mill crime with noir classicism.
March 26, 2004
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The various stories are strong enough to compensate for any acting deficiencies. Full Review
March 26, 2004
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
DMX has all the charisma you'd expect of a music star, and he uses it to portray King David as larger than life. Full Review
March 26, 2004
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Never Die Alone has the allure of a bad traffic accident. You don't want to look at it, but for some reason you can't avert your eyes. Full Review
March 26, 2004
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Has a story so silly, so pretentious, that only a narcissistic rapper with a hardcore thug pose would have the chutzpah to star in and narrate such garbage. Full Review
March 26, 2004
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
A violent, would-be film noir that strains with limited success for tragic resonance and gritty authenticity.
March 26, 2004
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Never Die Alone is the first of Goines' ultragritty novels has made it to the big screen. If this is the best his words can inspire, it should also be the last. Full Review
March 26, 2004
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Never Die Alone is urban exploitation so badly written it sacrifices any claim to authenticity, with performances so uniformly awful it could be a meeting of Bad Actors Anonymous. Full Review
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