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Turn It Up [VHS]

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

All in all a respectable movie. Obviously no urban movies are gunna be winning awards but if given the proper amount of showing to audiences this movie could rate up there with the best urban movies. Ja rule's acting is amazing for a freshman appearence and pras hits the sympathetic actor alrite. I give it about 7.5/10 on my scale and would highly suggest watching it to any fan of hip hop. The soundtrack to go with it/songs preformed within the movie by ja rule and pras are also very good.

The plot was tired, but the acting was ok especially Ja Rule who seemed a natural to his role. Not a bad first outing Ja.
Pras co-produced and I think he should stick to doing that. His character just seemed too disinterested, or perhaps it was just Pras.
Props to Robert Adetuyi for writing and directing - Jolly good show mah men, but did the editing kill the flow?
Keep up the work guys, hey everyone's a critic...

Will somebody please get me a glass of water? This movie is about as dry as the Sahara Desert. Pras of the Fugees plays Diamond, a former drug dealer who aspires to be a rapper. Ja Rule plays his best friend "Gage", who goes out of his way to help him at the risk of getting beatdown for not paying the people he owes money on time. The simplistic storyline is not the reason why this movie sucks. The "actors" are the reason for this film's lousiness. Pras cant act! Repeat: PRAS CANT ACT! Picture a slug crawling in a garden. That's Pras's personality summed up in a nutshell. Ja Rule is not a great actor either but he's better than Pras! Oh yeah, the songs they perform in this movie blows as expected. The little actions scenes in this movie are pathetic and the other actors who star in it such as Tamala Jones, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Jason Statham of "Crank" fame dont add much to this movie. Turn it up? How about turning that racket down so I can get some sleep!

I gave it a chance and not suprisingly I was thoroughly sickened. This is one of the latest in a crop of Hip Hop crime dramas featuring the same horrible rappers that fuel the ... soundtracks in the acting roles. This movie left a foul taste in my mouth and quite a headache. This is further proof that Rap is ruining all forms of entertainment. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this incorrigible trash. Word Yo!

Going into this movie, I expected alot of bs. Especially noting that the two lead characters were rappers; I must give alot of props to Ja Rule, he actually was a pretty good actor! Also, I expected alot of gun fights, with no real plot. However I was pleasantly proved wrong. This movie actually gives us a chance as the audience to get in tune with the characters. In return giving us the ability to be sympythetic towards them, and what they're going through. The plot is pretty simple, two 20 something black males, trying to get over their 'cash-flow' problem. One, who's love is music, the other just want any method of getting 'set for life.' Throught the movie, we see what obsticles they must cross in order for their dreams to become reality. Even though the start is slow, the tone of this picture slowly developes so that you'll still want to sit through til' the end!

I was very pleasantly surprised with this film. Pras and especially Ja do incredible jobs acting, not dealing with their initial professions it's quite impressive how natural it seems to come to them.

Ja in his debut is about par or actually even a notch better than DMX in Belly. I can't wait to see him in his next appearance, let's just hope it's not a 4 line, 30 second appearance like DMX's "cameo" in Romeo Must Die.

The story flows nicely with interesting transitions and dramatic, unexpected situations. Cinematography is top-notch, very nice colors, visuals, and angles all throughout. I highly recommend this film to just about everyone.

if pac was still here now he would never ride with ja nah nah nah nah nah nah

JA RULE IS IN DIS MOVIE...NEED ANYMORE BE SAID?? HE IS THE FINEST MUSICIAN OUT THERE...WHY WOULD ANYBODY HATE ON HIS MOVIE...BESIDES THAT JA RULE IS IN IT...IT IS HAS A TIGHT PLOT...A GOOD CAST...AND JA RULE AND PRAS ARE KEEPING IT GULLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MOVIE...I WOULD NEVER EVER RATE A JA RULE MOVIE LOWER THAN 5 PLUS STARS OUT OF FIVE STARS...HE NEEDS TO KEEP STARRING IN TIGHT MOVIES...HOLLA HOLLA...ONE...