In the late 1990s, Hollywood wanted to make rapper DMX a movie star. It's not an uncommon practice to turn someone known exclusively for their musical achievements into an actor, yet with DMX, the effort seemed hopelessly misguided. Stiff and unconvincing, the hip-hop artist never carried himself with ease on screen, yet he still managed to bark out a minor filmography. A large chunk of his employment was courtesy of producer Joel Silver, who brought DMX in to flavor 2000's "Romeo Must Die" and co-star alongside Steven Seagal in 2001's "Exit Wounds." Sensing screen magic, Silver reunited DMX with "Romeo" star Jet Li for 2003's "Cradle 2 the Grave," an actioner meant to pay off the fumes of chemistry shared earlier by the performers, gifting them their own playground of martial arts activity, explosions, and gunplay, with a booming soundtrack to score the chaos. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com