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Never Die Alone (2004)

Never Die Alone poster
Directed by
Ernest Dickerson
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 137 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drug dealer returns to his old neighborhood after years away. His arrival sets off a chain of violent confrontations with people from his past.

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What happens

Never Die Alone is a 2004 American crime thriller film directed by Ernest Dickerson and written by James Gibson, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Donald Goines. The film stars DMX, David Arquette, and Michael Ealy. Never Die Alone had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004, and was released in the United States on March 26, 2004, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics who panned the trashy, pretentious and misogynistic viewpoint of street culture. However, DMX received praise for his performance as King David. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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