A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298203/
Watched online, ok print.
25 songs in the Soundtracks, only 2 by Eminem; don't know if his battle raps are included, probably not his non-battles.
I don't like violence, and I don't like rap, so this film had no chance to get a good rating from me.
The best I can say is the lead character shows a lot of persistence in the face of substantial adversity.
I don't think I need to write a lot to dissuade me from watching this again.
Rated 7.1 (222,417)
distr. Universal, dir. Hanson; 5
