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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA rapper doesn't make the story fresh.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasHits hard and pulls no punches in telling its brutal story.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickFeatures less than 10 minutes of music in its mercifully brief 83-minute running time.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannNever comes alive.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerGlib, sense-numbing action fantasy.
- 25Miami HeraldSara WildbergerMiami HeraldSara WildbergerThis misguided gangster rap movie had every strike against it from the start.
- 10Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyFlawed at its very core.
- 10VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerPatently absurd in both the details and larger aspects, the ultraserious pic is undermined by poor casting.
- 10L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonGormless, gutless little home movie.
- 10SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis awkward fable of ghetto redemption mixes painfully earnest message-delivery with occasional scenes of brutal violence.