Cradle 2 the Grave

    Cradle 2 the Grave
    2003

    Synopsis

    Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.

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    Cast

    • Jet LiSu
    • DMXAnthony Fait
    • Kelly HuSona
    • Anthony AndersonTommy
    • Tom ArnoldArchie
    • Mark DacascosYao Ling
    • Gabrielle UnionDaria
    • Sean CoryWilly Chickens
    • Michael JaceOdion
    • Drag-OnMiles

    Recommendations

    • 70

      Film Threat

      The biggest strength of Cradle 2 the Grave is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously.
    • 63

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      When you pay good money to see an action movie, it's understood that you want it to be action-packed. You do not want it to be action-enhanced or action-flavoured or featuring accents of action.
    • 50

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Even throwing in a spunky fight between female sidekicks (Gabrielle Union and Kelly Hu) isn't enough to float this film over clumsy dialogue and the feeling we've seen it before.
    • 50

      Chicago Sun-Times

      The film itself is on autopilot and overdrive at the same time: It does nothing original, but does it very rapidly.
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Between the off-center comic riffs of Tom Arnold and the wildly improbable hair's-breadth escapes, the whole business dissolves into amiable action farce.
    • 38

      USA Today

      Each actor does his own thing for his own audience demographic.
    • 38

      Charlotte Observer

      I also wondered how the movie got the title Cradle 2 the Grave. Nobody used the phrase; it didn't apply to any characters; it didn't even turn up in a song. Maybe the filmmakers were saving "Rotten 2 the Core" for the sequel.
    • 30

      Washington Post

      A secondhand action movie that retreads all the tired staples of the 1980s and '90s.