Synopsis
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
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Cast
- Ebon Moss-BachrachDave Katz
- Damon DashHarlem
- Rashida JonesLayna Hudson
- Kevin HartP-Diddy / Cop 1 / Dance Coach / Hyper Rapper / H. Lector
- Charlie MurphyDick James / Dukey Man / Sock Head
- Robert StapletonJay-Z / Bootlegger 1 / Hot Boy 1 / Dre / A1 / Gay Guy
- Devon AokiPicasso
- Drena De NiroFemale Staff Writer
- Kari WuhrerSexy Woman #2
- Beanie SigelCharles 'Sandman' Patterson / Himself
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
An amiably raucous, scorched-earth mockumentary. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The picture repeats itself a lot, but Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business. - 60
Washington Post
Well shot and edited, Death of a Dynasty is hardly a comedy classic, but it's frequently on target. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
While those in the know will undoubtedly find something to appreciate in the film's wide-ranging if amateurish stabs at satire, the vast majority will feel left out of a private joke. - 40
Village Voice
Dynasty is less interesting as a film than as a winking gloss on hip-hop's assembly line of beats, beefs, and B-list lyricists. That said, Capone does a killer dancin' Dash, James Toback's Lyor Cohen is a riot, and multi-credited comedian Kevin Hart should have his own Chappelleian series. - 40
The New York Times
Watching the rest of Damon Dash's playful movie is like entering a room where a large, too noisy party is going on and never fully adjusting to the dark or the din. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Inspired mockumentary-a-clef so clotted with in-jokes that it should come with a crib sheet. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
There is a funny movie to be made from the outrageous egos and excesses of rap music. Death of a Dynasty is not that movie.