Cradle 2 the Grave [Blu-ray]

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Andrzej Bartkowiak

Overview

A thief and a lawman join forces to hunt down a common enemy in this action thriller. Tony Fait (DMX) is a master thief who, along with his crew (Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, and Drag-On), pulls off a major score when they steal a cache of highly valuable black diamonds. However, the hard-as-nails Tony has a soft spot for his young daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd), and Ling (Mark Dacascos), a former detective turned ruthless criminal, kidnaps Vanessa, demanding a ransom from Tony for her return -- the stash of black diamonds. The jewels have already been stolen, however, from Tony's fence Archie (Tom Arnold), and are now in the hands of a powerful underworld boss (Chi McBride). Determined to get back his daughter whatever the cost, Tony and his gang set out to find both Ling and the diamonds, but he soon gets some invaluable help from an unlikely corner -- Su (Jet Li), a government agent from Taiwan who was once Ling's partner, and has an old score to settle with him. Cradle 2 the Grave also features Kelly Hu and Roxana Brusso.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2012
UPC:	0883929244362
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	20,358

Special Features

DMX Music Video X Gon' Give It To Ya; Profiles of the Movie's Martial Artists; Choreography of the Camera: Multi-Angle Fight Sequence; The Descender Rig: New Camera Invention Developed For this Film; 2 Featurettes: Time Lapse Montage and Rear Screen Projection; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jet Li	Su Duncan
DMX	Tony Fait
Anthony Anderson	Tommy
Kelly Hu	Sona
Tom Arnold	Archie,Archie
Mark Dacascos	Ling
Gabrielle Union	Daria
Drag-On	Miles
Paolo Seganti	Christophe
Paige Hurd	Vanessa
Michael Jace	Odion
Richard Trapp	Douglas
Ron Yuan	Laser Tech
Woon Young Park	Bald Enforcer
Johnny Nguyen	Ling's Hitman
Marcus Young	Ling's Hitman
Stephen Quadros	Prison Guard Vogel
Sean Cory	Willy Chickens
Theodore Ture Johnson Jr.	Jewelry Security Guard
Beth Gains	911 Operator
Gwen McGee	Subway Driver
Roxana Brusso	Vanessa's Nanny
Maximilian Mastransgelo	Archie's Worker
Rasta	Chamber's Club Doorman
Doc Newmann	Odion's Bodyguard
Paolo Mastropietro	Fight Club Doorman
Martin Klebba	Fight Announcer
Shawn Hollinger	Fight Club Bookie
Tim Storms	Referee
Randy Couture	Fighter No. 8
Hector Echavarria	Ultimate Fighter
Chuck Liddell	Ultimate Fighter
Tito Ortiz	Ultimate Fighter
Tom McCleister	Fight Club Fan
Wiley Pickett	Police Officer,Police Officer
Andre Ware	Pinky Ring Man
Larry Joshua	Cop in Vault
Chic Daniel	Swat Cop
John Dohle	Swat Cop
James Hart II	Swat Cop
Jake Muxworthy	Paramedic
Matt Baker	Motorcycle Rider
Daniel Dae Kim	Visiting Expert
Doug Spearman	African Buyer
Michael Desante	Egyptian Buyer
Julie Du Page	French Buyer
Harry Dillon	Pakistani Buyer
Peter J. Lucas	Russian Buyer
Chi McBride	Chamber
Andrzej Bartkowiak	Actor
Maximillian Mastrangelo	Archie's Worker
Ramin Rastad	Chambers' Club Doorman
J. Riva	Conductor
Mike Nowak	Conductor
John Frizzell	Composer
Damon Blackman	Composer

Technical Credits

John O'Brien

Channing Gibson

Reggie Bythewood

Andrzej Bartkowiak	Director
Mary Gail Artz	Casting
Dan Bradley	Stunts
Barbara Cohen	Casting
Ray D. Copeland	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Herbert W. Gains	Executive Producer
Rhonda C. Gunner	Special Effects
Mike Meinardus	Special Effects
Joel Silver	Producer
Matt Sweeney	Special Effects
John O'Brien	Screenwriter
Channing Gibson	Screenwriter
Bonita Money	Producer,Executive Producer
Susan Downey	Producer
Melina Kevorkian	Producer
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	Special Effects
Richard Adrian	Sound Effects
Christopher Alba	Sound Effects
Ron Bartlett	Sound Effects
Sandy Berman	Sound Effects
Thom Brennan	Sound Effects
Jet Li	Director
Rich Cordobes	Special Effects
Robert Stoker	Special Effects
Paul Huggins	Special Effects
John Fasal	Special Effects
Reggie Bythewood	Screenwriter
Chris Brenczewski	Special Effects
Bill Aldridge	Special Effects
Donald Myers	Special Effects
Lucinda Strub	Special Effects
Kelsee L. King-Devoreaux	Stunts
Doug Schulman	Sound Mixer
Keith Wester	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Martial-arts star Jet Li joins forces with hip-hopper turned actor DMX in this eye-popping thriller, a supercharged action juggernaut that starts accelerating with the first reel and never lets up. DMX plays a brash but technically sophisticated thief who boosts some extremely rare black diamonds from a supposedly impenetrable vault in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to him, the diamonds are coveted by terrorists who plan on using them in a futuristic nuke; and when the bad guys kidnap his nine-year-old daughter, he finds himself on the same side as Li -- a Taiwanese policeman sworn to protect the jewels. Producer Joel Silver, an old hand at over-the-top action movies, spares no expense in bringing mind-boggling stunt sequences to the screen. Director Andrzej Bartkowiak, given more-than-ample resources, stages some of the most exciting and inventive action set pieces we’ve seen in many moons. But the costly, elaborate stunts are no more exciting than those performed by Li, who once again proves himself a worthy heir to Jackie Chan. In a dazzling display of strength and agility, he descends the side of a high-rise building by dropping in free-fall from one terrace to the next, catching hold of each concrete projection on the way down. The other performers contribute a great deal to Cradle’s success: gorgeous Gabrielle Union lights up the screen as DMX’s main squeeze; seductive Kelly Hu makes a sinister villainess; and Tom Arnold provides goofball comic relief as a scatterbrained black-marketeer. You won’t see much in Cradle 2 the Grave that you haven’t seen in other action movies -- but you’ll see lots more of it.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse