yoshi-33 Reviews

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

This movie is fact, not fiction

[8/10 · 11 January 2006]

I am surprised this movie has such negative reviews.

It is well shot and filmed and being a factual representation of 50-Cent's life, you can only judge the script as the truth.

Bearing in mind this is a TRUE story, you will enjoy the film much more than if you were expecting some sort of fictional George Clooney action flick with pizazz.

Admittedly the film goes downhill in the last 10% of the movie...they must have been running out of funds or something.

If you want to see what a hard life 50-cent had and the true ghetto-story, this is it.

Pusher II (2004)

Outstanding movie

[9/10 · 15 August 2005]

Pusher II follows Tony after he is released from prison. Everyone seems to think he is a retarded bum. As the movie develops, it starts to turn out that Tony is much more than that. Tony evolves into an anti-hero, and you definitely get sucked into his character.

Pusher II is anything but a follow-up to Pusher I. As said in previous reviews, it's a film 'on it's own'. Frank from Pusher I is only mentioned briefly. A small appearance of Milo from Pusher I is also in place.

This is a great film with a lot of depth in the Tony character. It's flawlessly acted and the cinematography is gritty, just right for this kind of movie.

If you liked Pusher I, you'll like Pusher II. Pusher 3 is also coming shortly....