X
- 2004
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2004
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Summary A richly literate film noir about King David (DMX), a hard-boiled, stylish criminal who returns to his hometown seeking redemption and finding only violent death. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Directed By: Ernest R. Dickerson
Written By: Donald Goines, James Gibson
- 2004
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2004
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Never Die Alone
38
6.7
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Summary A richly literate film noir about King David (DMX), a hard-boiled, stylish criminal who returns to his hometown seeking redemption and finding only violent death. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Directed By: Ernest R. Dickerson
Written By: Donald Goines, James Gibson
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
38
21% Positive
6 Reviews
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32% Mixed
9 Reviews
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46% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
38
21% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
46% Negative
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
Never Die Alone is [Dickerson's] best work to date, with the complexity of serious fiction and the nerve to start dark and stay dark, to follow the logic of its story right down to its inevitable end.
Almost everything that frames the drug dealer's tale is facile and second-rate. Simply put, you don't believe it. What you do believe is DMX's cruel charisma.
Invites us to both hate King David and admire his style, and there will probably be some hand-wringing about that.
DMX delivers a surprisingly solid and convincing performance, but he's easily overshadowed by the very talented Ealy, who makes his secondary character truly memorable.
Played by DMX in a gravel-pit monotone and a near-total lack of affect, King David cuts an unremittingly tedious swath through Never Die Alone.
Bloody gangsta crap.
If Never Die Alone had even a smidgeon of comic relief (or even, say, a bunch of zombies) to offset some of its relentlessly downbeat brutality, it might have been at best tolerable. But it doesn't, and it's not.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.7
36% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.7
36% Positive
5 Ratings
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64% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
Bloodline Films,
ContentFilm,
Fearon Entertainment,
Visionbox Pictures,
White Orchid Films
Release Date Mar 26, 2004
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating R
Tagline No king rules forever.
Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination
