Turn It Up

Turn It Up (2000)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (38 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (1,766 ratings)

Prakazrel Michel, better known as Pras from the top-selling R&B group The Fugees, stars in this urban drama based on both his solo album Ghetto Superstar and his novel of the same name. Diamond (Pras) is an up-and-coming musician who is trying to use his creative gifts to work his way out of the… More

R, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Robert Adetuyi
Written By
Robert Adetuyi
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 6, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Mar 20, 2001
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    Turn It Up is a hip-hop downer that makes the high-risk high-life of contempo gangstas seem glumly routine.

  • Christy Lemire, Associated Press

    Surprisingly, for a movie about music, the sound is lousy. Some of the songs sound distorted because they have so much bass. In other moments, the dialogue is so low, it's hard to understand what the characters are saying.

  • Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News

    In his first acting job, Ja Rule reveals a magnetic presence, smoldering with rage and eroticism.

  • Ernest Hardy, Film.com

    As both writer and director, Adetuyi doesn't bother bringing any emotional or psychological twists or nuances to these familiar character types; he gives them no depth whatsoever.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    Eventually Turn It Up deteriorates into a gory shoot-'em-up gangster movie with a quick-fix ending that leaves many threads dangling. It could have been something more.

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