Release Year: 2005 Duration: 134 minutes Other Title: Locked and Loaded, Untitled 50 Cent Project Director: Jim Sheridan Producer: Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg, Dr. Dre Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Marcus has always known he was going to be a rapper, but when his mother is murdered, he turns to dealing--hustling drugs pays the rent. As his world spirals out of control, he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing; he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life
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50 Cent as himself
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[from trailer]
Marcus: I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward.
Rambling, boring and full of bad messages for our youth, GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' tells the story of a hard-working, gun-toting crack dealer named Marcus (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson). To be fair, Marcus wasn't always a crack dealer. Back when he was grade-school age, he had what he claimed was less than a minimum wage job as a coke dealer. He did, however, earn enough to get what he really wanted -- just the right label of designer sneakers and a big shiny gun.