The life of a professional robber, DMX, the leader of a group of criminals who has prepared for stealing a bag of expensive jewels, has been changed completely when his daughter has been kidnapped by those criminals, the thing that leads him to make a deal with the police to save his daughter, but in doing so, incidents come to climax.
If all this leaves viewers more drained than exhilarated, that's the nature of this particular beast.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
January 06, 2004
You'll have to check your brain at the door, but as long as you remember to pick it up on the way out, you should be fine.
Blu-ray.com
September 28, 2012
While it aspires to be cinematic junk food, the picture is relentlessly moronic, eschewing B-movie thrills to wallow in Z-movie production achievements.
In Cradle 2 the Grave, producer Joel Silver returns with gusto to the mix of martial arts action and urban attitude that proved so potent in Romeo Must Die.
When the film features a steel cage brawl between Li and a gaggle of Ultimate Fighting Champions, an ATV chase with DMX, and a kick-ass girlfight between Kelly Hu and Gabrielle Union, enduring the dreck is a relatively small price to pay.