Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2013

Billionaire rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson wants to be in the movies. I have no opinion on his musical abilities. As an actor, however, he makes Steven Seagal look like Daniel Day-Lewis. But it is possible, if you’re a billionaire (and therefore a producer), to buy your way into the movies, and even rent some quality supporting talent (in this case paycheck collectors Robert De Niro and Forrest Whitaker). The resulting generic cop opera is a series of nonsensical clichés about a crusading rookie cop battling police corruption that features Fiddy’s expressionless face in every unoriginal frame. Miss it twice.