Cradle 2 The Grave (2003)

This movie stars hip hop legend DMX and Jet Li as a street thief working with a Taiwanese secret agent to recover not only the thief's daughter but stolen black diamonds that someone is determined to weaponize

Summary

-After a jewel thief steals what seems like innocent black diamonds, his daughter is kidnapped by a weapons dealer. In order to get her back, he must work with a Taiwanese secret agent who is pursuing the black diamonds

Cast

-Jet Li: Su

-DMX: Anthony Fait

-Anthony Anderson: Tommy

-Kelly Hu: Sona

-Tom Arnold: Archie

-Mark Dacascos: Ling

-Gabrielle Union: Daria

-Michael Jace: Odion

-Drag-On: Miles

-Paige Hurd: Vanessa

-Paolo Seganti: Christophe

-Richard Trapp: Douglas

-Sean Cory: Willy Chickens

-Martin Klebba: Fight Announcer

Did You Know?

-During the cage fight sequence, real UFC fighters Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell were brought in by producer Joel Silver to fight with Jet Li

-Mark Dacascos was cast because on the website for Jet Li, there was a poll asking who fans would like to see Jet Li fight next

-For a good majority of the film, Jet Li does combat and fighting with only one hand

-Aaliyah was cast in this film, but passed away in 2001

-DMX, the co-star Jet Li starred with, was late on a frequent basis for filming

-Gabrielle Union was caught off guard when producers sprang on her a scene involving a half-clothed lap dance. It was not in the original script, but she did it anyway. Being a devout Catholic, she went to confession after doing the scene, just to ease her peace of mind

-6 of the actors in this movie starred in the new version of Hawaii Five-O. Mark Dacascos played a character named Wo Fat. Chi McBride played Capt. Lou Grover. Kelly Hu played Laura Hills, the Governor's assistant in season one. Paige Hurd played Samantha Grover. Tom Arnold played an injured criminal lost in the jungle. Randy Couture played an arsonist named Jason Duclaire

-The car Anthony drives is a 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio

-The car Su drives is a 2002 Ford Thunderbird

-Paige Hurd is the goddaughter to DMX. Both he and her had a close relationship while on set, almost like a real father and daughter relationship