Cradle 2 the Grave

 

         

         I haven't really done a randomized movie watching in a while, mostly consisting of finding some hidden treasures on Tubi, and a Jet Li classic, Cradle 2 the Grave caught my eye moreover thought what the hell. Like many martial arts actors that turned into action stars, Jet Li was another breed of martial arts/action stars that came from a long line of infamous Asian martial artist like Jackie Chan, Gordon Liu, as well as Michelle Yeoh and Legendary Bruce Lee. 

         Master thief Anthony Fait (late DMX) pulls off a major jewel heist and somehow manages to escape. A Taiwanese Agent Su (Jet Li) is on Fait's tail because the stones Fait stolen is not what they appear to be. But when Fait's daughter is kidnapped by a rival criminal and Su's ex-partner (Mark Dacascos aka Iron Chef), Su must work with Fait to save his daughter and get his revenge in the process. 

         Here's the interesting thing about this movie, Jet Li in this movie knows in his own mind that he's awesome and can take on anyone, for which I like about this movie, while watching a Jean Claude Van Damme movie like Time Cop or Double Team where they create the lame suspense of not saving someone is just the worst. And with Jet Li you can watch this movie as well as enjoy because he knows furthermore and is confident that he can take on his fellow opponents. A lot of the action sequences are actually awesome in the movie especially the cage fight between Jet Li and almost everyone especially a little man and sure some of the comedic elements are at times lame but Jet Li fighting is still awesome and the final showdown between him and Mark Dacascos is flat out amazing especially when they're in a ring of fire duking it out is both visually amazing as well as awesome. There are some comedic especially coming from Tom Arnold who’s infamous from the Best Damn Sports Show and Anthony Anderson who’s at times annoying kind of like Adam Sandler but in this movie, he at least is getting bullied and forced to do sh*t he doesn't want to do so it's at least mildly amusing. Gabrielle Union deserves a lot of credit in the movie and granted it's amusing that she's in a fight scene with fellow actress Kelly Hu (aka Lady Deathstrike) but I love watching Gabrielle Union I respect her a lot as an actress and learning about she was shocked that the producers wanted her to do a topless strip dance but after that, she's an actual devoted Catholic, she went to confession to confess the incident, for which sure she should of known but tell that to Cindy Morgan from Caddyshack though this proves why producers are at times pervy dudes hence Harvey Weinstein only this time it's produced by Joel Silver who produced the Matrix films. But having learned about that fact I now, respect Union a lot for being a Catholic but more importantly she's a Nebraska native and that's a rare thing to come by these days, I mean there's Johnny Carson, Marlon Brando and there's Gabrielle Union. If you’re looking for a mindless entertaining action movie, then Cradle 2 the Grave is a great movie to watch in times of boredom, moreover has the late great DMX and who doesn't miss that legendary rapper? I will still say that these Jet Li films like Cradle 2 the Grave is way better than watching JCVD's Time Cop or Double Team, just because I grew annoyed of Van Damme getting beat up and not saving his loved ones when he could single handily win those fights, but with Jet Li, they at least cut the BS and at least kicks everyone's a** and I would rather watch that than Van Damme being helpless at times, for which gets annoying sorry not sorry if I'm rambling, but look the point is if you don't have Tubi I would highly recommend subscribing to Tubi because their the king of hidden treasures.