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Release Date
• USA: Mar 26, 2004
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 13, 2004
• R2: 17 Jan 2005
BoxOffice: $5.5M
Official Website:
Never Die Alone Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, drug use, sexuality and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 28 minutes
Country USA
Studio Bloodline Films, ContentFilm, Fearon Entertainment, Fox Searchlight
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Other Titles
• Never Die Alone (2004)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Revenge, Suspense, Drugs, Murder, Gangsters
Tagline: No king rules forever.
Plot: King David (DMX) is a hard-boiled, stylish criminal who returns to his hometown seeking redemption but finding only violent death. But he did not die alone...King David’s final moments are spent with Paul (David Arquette) an aspiring journalist who knew him just a few minutes but upon whose life he would forever have an impact. King David – half preacher, half Satan, and all street smarts – had recorded the story of his recent exploits on audiotape, leaving behind an often-poetic sermon on villainy and its consequences. The tapes reveal that the cycle of violence and retribution his actions have spawned has come back on him full circle, as he suspected it might all
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Quite possibly -- or at least one hopes -- the nadir of urban gangsta movies.-- (Hollywod Reporter)
"Never Die Alone" is primarily a riveting genre film that neatly exhibits the director's growing assurance — Donald Goines would be proud.--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
...not a routine story of drugs and violence, but an ambitious, introspective movie in which a heartless man tells his story without apology.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
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.--Desson Thomson (Washington Post)
“Never Die Alone” is a smart film and one of the few serious dramas marketed to the black audience. 9/10--Scott Spicciati (Movie-Vault.com)
A movie is bad when you feel sorry for the actors onscreen. A movie is absolutely terrible when one of the actors you empathize with is David Arquette. Welcome to the atrocity that is Never Die Alone, an updated version of Donald Goines’ book and the early front-runner to sweep 2004’s Golden Raspberries.  --Pete Croatto (FilmCritic.com)
"Never Die Alone" is a violent, would-be film noir that strains with limited success for tragic resonance and gritty authenticity.  --Jonathan Foreman (New York Post)
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DMX
Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave |
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 | Aisha Tyler
The Santa Clause 2, VH1 Divas Duets, The GQ Men of the Year Awards |
 | Michael Ealy
2 Fast 2 Furious, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business | | | |
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| The multilayered story, based on a novel by cult writer Donald Goines, takes time coming into focus. There aren’t just flashbacks, but flashbacks contained within flashbacks. You could get a case of mental whiplash attempting to follow the action. --Ruthe Stein (San Francisco Chronicle)
This silly, ugly motion picture is just a vanity film for rapper DMX. A better title would’ve been, “DMX: I’m Awesome.” D--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
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