50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) (VG)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Andre Emerson

Writer:

Terence Winter (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Welcome to the hood: a hard place to live, but an easy place to die... You are 50-Cent, the hardest...

Cast

50 Cent	...	Himself - 50 Cent (voice) (as Curtis Jackson)
Lloyd Banks	...	Himself (voice)
Young Buck	...	Himself (voice)
Tony Yayo	...	Himself (voice)
Eminem	...	Detective McVicar (voice)
Dr. Dre	...	Grizz (voice)
DJ Whoo Kid	...	Himself (voice)
Stephen Berman	...	(voice)
Boyuen	...	(voice)
Dwayne Adway	...	K-dog (voice)
Chad Coleman	...	Booker (voice)
Paulo Costanzo	...	Matt, the Morgue Attendant (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	(voice)
Sean Donnellan	...	O'Hare (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	(voice)
Jay Harik	...	Wu Jang (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Frank (voice)
Dominique Jennings	...	Alexa (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Bugs (voice)
Emil Lin	...	Wu Jang (voice)
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Big Rig, Gangbanger (voice)
Nolan North	...	Spinoza (voice)
Barry Papick	...	(voice)
David Anthony Pizzuto	...	Mobster (voice) (as David A. Pizzuto)
Michael Ralph	...	Masked Assailant (voice)
Cisco Reyes	...	(voice)
Gino Salvano	...	(voice)
David Sobolov	...	Big Rigg (voice)
André Sogliuzzo	...	Cop (voice)
Herschel Sparber	...	(voice)
Peter Mark Vasquez	...	Gangbanger (voice) (as Peter Vasquez)
Tracey Walter	...	Popocorn (voice)
Ron Yuan	...	Triad (voice)
Karl Yune	...	Triad Leader (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Spider Loc	...	Additional Voices
Chemin Maskez	...	Gangbanger (voice)
Olivia	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anthony Royer	...	(voice)

Directed by
Andre Emerson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Terence Winter		screenplay

Produced by
Aaron Blean	....	producer
James Carey	....	video producer
Andre Emerson	....	executive producer
Sean Krankel	....	producer
Cris Lee	....	associate producer
Tony Shore	....	associate producer

Casting by
Eric Weiss

Production Management
Marion Gallavardin	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Hagger	....	first assistant director
Marie Rolindes	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mazin Dajani	....	lead artist: PSP
Farid Kermici	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Bo Bennike	....	dialog editor
Arnaud Debels	....	sound recordist
Gregory Hainer	....	sound designer
Gregory Hainer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Kutay	....	dialog editor
Rich Seitz	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Brenneur Benjamin	....	motion editor
Remi Brun	....	head of motion capture
Jack Geckler	....	animator
Olivier Renouard	....	studio technical supervisor
Frédérique Vandenberghe	....	motion capture technical director
Henri Zaitoun	....	digital camera supervisor

Animation Department
50 Cent	....	character model: 50 Cent
Lloyd Banks	....	character model: Lloyd Banks
Young Buck	....	character model: Young Buck
Dr. Dre	....	character model: Grizz
Yanick Lebel	....	lead animator
Tony Yayo	....	character model: Tony Yayo

Editorial Department
Tonya Stumphauzer	....	senior video editor

Music Department
Julie Sessing	....	music clearance

Other crew
Amy Allison	....	production assistant
Tom Gastall	....	additional production support
Alaa Oumouzoune	....	actor: motion capture
Ron Yuan	....	voice

Production Companies

• Attitude Studios

Distributors

• Vivendi Universal Games (2005) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Radius360  sound post-production

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:M | Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating)

Company:

Attitude Studios

Quotes:

50 Cent: Can you help me?
McVicar: It's all about the Price.
50 Cent: Is money the only thing that counts for you?
McVicar: Funny to hear that from someone, that calls himself 50 Cent.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005) (V)

Appalling in every way!

This is pretty much the worst and most over-hyped game of 2005 and made a lot of 'bottom 10' lists in many magazines last month. And it bloody deserves it.

The problems with this game begin before you even lift it off the shelf in the store. I mean take a look at the cover. It's 50 Cent, one of the few African American 'role models' around these days, in a defencive pose with a stereotypical 'angry black guy' look on his face (oh, please don't hurt me Mr. Cent!).

Now I am not a fuddy-duddy conservative who blames people like Marilyn Manson for corrupting kids or whatever because I know kids are more intelligent than adults give them credit for. But America is a very racist country and when 50 Cent misrepresents the Black Community and backs up the xenophobic myth that all Black people are evil or killers or gang-bangers in some way I can't help but get very annoyed.

Second of all is the fact that this drivel game is no more than a laughable male fantasy. Yes, I know Mr. Cent has been shot 9 times but it was all at once with low calibre bullets. It's not as if he goes out and gets shot at every day and is immune to all lead fired in the direction of his person. I know 50 Cent has had a really, REALLY, RE-EALLY tough life, that I would not wish upon anyone. But when violence and death have haunted you your whole life the LAST thing you should do is capitalise on a game that glorifies gun-play and gang warfare. That's just disgusting and perverse and if Mr. Cent truly 'kept it real' (what a ridiculous, meaningless phrase) he would treat his demons with respect. Using music as a way of working through them is fine but starring in a video game where the main enjoyment comes from blowing people away certainly is NOT. As I have said, there are few African American role models and he should set an example to those following behind him. While his innovative music may have made him a huge success this game smashes any credibility I feel he may have had.

Third? Well the story to the game is childish and stupid anyway. It's not even entertaining accidentally as it's just way too dull.

And fourth? Well don't get me started on the horrible targeting system and awful controls. It'll make you want to smash your control pad into your TV screen. What a horribly cheaply programmed game!

Fifth? Well, that would have to be the bland, graphics and tedious environments. It all adds up to a pretty (read VERY) unsatisfying experience. Mere days after being released most stores had zillions of copies traded in as those foolish enough to buy it blind quickly discovered what a rotten game it is as well as a hideously over-indulgent and grossly misjudged vanity piece. BEWARE!!!

Graphics C Sound B- Gameplay D- Lasting Appeal D