Numerous gunshots pierce your body, and there is blood everywhere. You’ve just been shot and you’re left to die. It is uncertain if you will survive. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson did survive and has now created the movie “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” The movie, inspired by the life 50 Cent, is told in a flashback fashion about a character named Marcus, who is played by 50 Cent and follows the rapper’s life story.

In the movie, Marcus, an orphan kid, learns the drug trade at a very young age. He grows up without ever having met his father. His drug dealer mother is killed and as a result his grandmother and grandfather take him into their home.

However, Marcus falls back into the way of life that surrounds him every day. Drug dealing and being a gangsta in the streets of New York is the only way Marcus knows. He begins to sell drugs in order to buy sneakers, a gun and finally a car. It was much easier to earn money on the streets than at a part-time or full-time job.

The use of graphic scenes, gangster wars, gun battles and especially, the brutal fight with a shank in a prison shower, clearly depict what it must be like to work and live out on the streets. It is extremely dangerous, and any wrong turn can lead to death. After making a name for himself on the streets, Marcus is sent to prison.

Prison is probably the reason he survives. He decides to leave his former life behind to pursue a career in the music business. Terrance Dashon Howard, who plays Bama, offers to be Marcus’ manager.

Marcus begins to write his own lyrics and gains recognition. And as a result, he makes it big and becomes the multi-CD selling rapper we all know as 50 Cent.

However, rappers should stick to doing what they do best: rap not act. Granted, the storyline was pretty good, but 50 Cent fails to be able to express any emotion.