A film of Ernest R. Dickerson is starring DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy. It centered in a hard-boiled, drug dealer, named King David, who returns to his hometown seeking a truth after a violent death.
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.
Boxoffice Magazine
April 03, 2004
Hampered by its convoluted plot and a marked melodramatic streak that counteracts the film's cool factor.
[A] gritty film noir [about] a sleazy drug pusher looking for redemption, but who - in classic noir fashion - learns that there is no escaping paying for one's past sins.
Common Sense Media
December 26, 2010
Violent movie starring rapper DMX is not for kids.
Philadelphia Weekly
April 16, 2004
His death was moving; his life was not. It's a requiem for a scumbag--one who left a whole lotta decent people destroyed in his wake.
Toronto Star
March 26, 2004
The various stories are strong enough to compensate for any acting deficiencies.
If not for the excessive melodrama, lousy dialogue, clumsy acting and generally nasty vibe, "Never Die Alone" could have had the kind of distinctive edge that made urban street dramas like Juice, Menace II Society...
