If you asked a gently reared 11-year-old to come up with a movie about gangsters and hip-hop musicians, the result might be something like this PG-13-rated showcase for tween-friendly R&B sensation Usher Raymond. Up-and-coming DJ Darrell (Usher) is an orphan whose late father's employer, New Jersey Mafioso Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri), looked out for him and bankrolled his college education. Darrell grew up with Frank's kids, wannabe brother Frank Jr. (Anthony Fazio) and mafia princess Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who's a year away from becoming a hotshot lawyer — not the mob kind, her doting dad assures his underworld pals — so he's is happy to spin discs for Dol...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
100 mins