Movie Intro: When I was younger, I wanted to be a priest. I was going into battle, to save man's soul from the evil of the world. But as I got older, I saw the world for what it really was. I wasn't so much who I was going to save, but what was going to save the world from me. As I lay there, gasping for my last breath, I knew God gave me a second chance, but I was too stupid to take it. I was gonna get what's mine.
This raised important theological and philosophical questions. A large chunk of the movie was spent exploring a wide array of existential questions.
Conversations With A Priest:
Priest: Forgive me for asking were you close?
Priest: Yeah we're like brothers
Priest: Then rest assured he is in a better place now.
50: How do you know, have you been dead before?
Priest: Their are many paths to God, my son. I pray that your's won't be too difficult.
Another Conversation With The Priest:
50: You really believe all that shit father. I mean if he made good, then he also made bad, right?
Priest: Do you believe in free will? The idea that you are free to make your own choice in this world?
50: Of course.
Priest: Then how could you make a choice between right and wrong,
if God didn’t offer the two extremes. The path to God is based
on your ability, as thinking feeling being, to make the correct decisions.
If everything was perfect, then you wouldn't be on earth.
You'd already be in heaven.
50: You don’t live in my world, Father.
Later on, Sonny (50 Cent) converses with a waitress:
50: Slow night tonight, huh
Waitress: Yeah, well it pays the bills. I'm really a singer. I’m not going to be here much longer. I pray every night that God get me a record contract
50: Does he hear you?
Waitress: Of course he does. I just have to wait my turn.
Did you notice I didn't mention anything regarding the movie's plot yet?
You are an astute observer, indeed. I'll get to that in Part 3 (or will I).
The following is a list of movies featuring rappers. These movies are better than the one I am reviewing. This list is by no means exhaustive:
- Batman & Robin
- Leprechaun: In The Hood
- Daredevil (Director's Cut)
- Futurama: Bender's Big Score
- Set It Off
- Training Day
- The Wash
- Kazaam
- Blue Chips
- Breakin'
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- New Jack City
- Ricochet
- Surviving the Game
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Tank Girl
- Good Hair
- Boyz n the Hood
- Trespass
- CB4
- The Glass Shield
- Higher Learning
- Friday Dangerous
- Ground
- Anaconda
- The Players Club
- I Got The Hook Up
- Three Kings
- Thicker Than Water
- Next Friday
- Ghosts of Mars
- All About The Benjamins
- BarberShop
- Friday After Next
- Torque
- BarberShop 2: Back in Business
- Are We There Yet?
- XXX: State of the Union
- Are We Done Yet?
- First Sunday
- The Longshots
- Janky Promoters
- Lottery Ticket
- New Year's Film
- Malibu's Most Wanted
- How High?
- Krush Groove
- Wildcats.
- Halloween H20
- Deep Blue Sea
- The Cider House Rules
- Life
- I'm Still Here
- I am Not including Will Smith. He's not a rapper.
- The Tenants
- Head of State
- Soul Plane
- Starsky & Hutch
- Half-Baked
- Murder Was the Case: The Movie
- Nothing But Trouble
- Juice
- Criminal Intent (Gang Related)
- Gridlock'd
- Bullet
- Above the Rim
- House Party (Entire Trilogy)
- Next Day Air
- Cadillac Records
- Be Kind Rewind
- Journey to the End of the Night
- 16 Blocks
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Woodsman
- The Italian Job
- Brown Sugar
- Civil Brand
- Showtime
- Lazy Boy
- Monster's Ball
- Takers
- ATL
- American Gangster
- The X Files: I Want to Believe
- Gridiron Gang
- 8 Mile
- The Eastsidaz
- State Property 2
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- Fast Five
- Hustle & Flow
- Crash
- Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Things Fall Apart
- Patrick Swayze was going to put out a rap album. That is until his untimely death, so I won't include his movies on this list. Nontheless, I believe he at least deserves an hounrable mention
- Assault on Precinct 13
- Back in the Day
- The Cookout
- Scary Movie 3
- Crime Partners
- Half Past Dead
- The Fast and the Furious
- Cool as Ice
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II