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Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Life in the ghettos of New York is tough. When a young boy's mother is murdered, he tries to survive as best he can, falling in with the local gangsters and drug scene. In doing so, he gives up his dream of becoming a rap star. However, after growing up hard and fast, he gets shot nine time, and decides that it is time to return to his dream. At the time of writing, this movie comes in at number 31 on the IMDB's list of 100 Worst Movies.

115 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Action, Crime, Drama, Musical.

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Credits
Cast	50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Terence Howard, Ashley Walters
Director	Jim Sheridan
Screenplay	Terence Winter, Nye Heron
Music	Gavin Friday, Quincy Jones, Maurice Seezer
Cinematography	Declan Quinn, David Perrault
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2005
Produced by	Cent Productions Inc., Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films
SA Distributor	UIP

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action
Language	Very frequent, very strong
Nudity	Some infrequent — male body, female breasts
Sex	One implied scene, lengthy
Violence	Very frequent, very strong
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Since it's an action movie about gangsters, violence is very frequent. It's loosely autobiographical, based on the life of 50c, a rap star.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerArnold Vermaak	1
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	5
iAfrica.comBulelwa Languza	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	8
International Media
BBC (UK)Rob Carnevale	5
Box Office (USA)Tim Cogshell	8
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)James Simons	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	10
ScreenIt (USA)	8
Internet (IMDB)5646 Netizens	5

Average .. 40%	7

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