Ice Cube attends the LA Premiere of the Paramount Pictures title ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on January 19, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Forget Cher or Barbra Streisand, there’s a robust argument to be made that Ice Cube is probably the most profitable musician turned actor of all time!
The former member of N.W.A. made his large display screen debut in director John Singleton’s ‘Boyz n the Hood,’ and since then has created and appeared in such beloved franchises because the ‘Friday,’ ‘Barbershop’ and ‘Ride Along’ collection.
In honor of his new film, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,’ which opens in theaters August 2nd, Moviefone is counting down the 20 finest motion pictures of Ice Cube’s appearing profession, together with his newest.
Let’s start!
Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a tough nosed police chief within the yr 2025. She and a police snatch squad are despatched to Mars to apprehend harmful prison James Williams (Cube). Mars has been occupied by people for a while and so they have arrange mining services. The mining actions on Mars have unleashed the spirits of alien beings who steadily possess the our bodies of the employees. It quickly seems that catching the damaging fugitive takes a again seat because the alien spirits start to rid their planet of the ‘invaders’.
“Terror is the same on any planet.”
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1 hr 38 minAug twenty fourth, 2001
Bucum Jackson (Cube) is a bounty hunter with numerous perspective and little interest in taking up a associate. Working at Martinez Bail Bonds, Jackson has unorthodox strategies of monitoring down low-life criminals, however they work, and in the future he hopes to turn out to be his personal boss and open up his personal non-public investigation agency. Reggie Wright (Mike Epps) is a slippery con artist who’s avoiding the legislation, and Jackson. During a cat and mouse chase, the 2 come across a multi-million greenback diamond heist. Hiding from Jackson, Wright finds himself within the thieves’ getaway van and finally ends up having to flee from them after they uncover their booty is pretend, a lot to the displeasure of their ruthless boss (Tommy Flanagan). When Wright meets up along with his girlfriend (Eva Mendes), he discovers that his just lately bought lottery ticket is the only real winner of $60 million. Unfortunately, his pockets, which held the ticket, was left within the thieves’ van, so he persuades Jackson to assist him get it again.
“Money can make people do funny things.”
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1 hr 35 minMar eighth, 2002
Vusi Madlazi (Cube) returns to the South African village he left as a younger boy to bury his father. He meets up along with his brother Ernest (Sechaba Morojele), who tells him their different brother Stephen (Eric Miyeni) could not be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to seek out him, however at first can solely discover his neighbor/girlfriend, Karen (Elizabeth Hurley), a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn the way situations have modified for the reason that finish of apartheid, not at all times for the higher for black males.
“What he wants is revenge. What he gets is the fight of his life.”
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a younger boy to bury his father. He meets up along with his brother Ernest, who tells him their different brother… Read the Plot
17. ‘Torque’ (2004)
Biker Cary Ford (Martin Henderson) is framed by an outdated rival and biker gang chief for the homicide of one other gang member who occurs to be the brother of Trey (Cube), chief of probably the most feared biker gang within the nation. Ford is now on the run attempting to clear his title from the homicide with Trey and his gang on the lookout for his blood.
“Circuit of Fire”
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1 hr 24 minJan 14th, 2004
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince (Bill Paxton) and Don (William Sadler), pay money for a map that results in a cache of stolen gold in an deserted manufacturing facility in East St. Louis. What they do not know is that the manufacturing facility is within the turf of an area gang, who come by to execute one in every of their enemies. Vince sees the capturing, the gang spots Vince, and prolonged mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don attempt to escape, gang chief King James (Ice T) argues along with his subordinate Savon (Cube) about learn how to do away with the trespassers.
“They all came to the wrong place at the wrong time.”
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1 hr 41 minDec twenty fifth, 1992
The journey of Manolo (Diego Luna), a younger man who’s torn between fulfilling the expectations of his household and following his coronary heart. Before selecting which path to observe, he embarks on an unbelievable journey that spans three fantastical worlds the place he should face his biggest fears.
A streetwise man (Cube) flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle (John Witherspoon) and cousin (Mike Epps), to keep away from a neighborhood thug (Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr.) with a grudge who has simply escaped from jail.
“The suburbs make the hood look good.”
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1 hr 38 minJan twelfth, 2000
Set within the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a famous person whose expertise, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie (Dakota Johnson) is Grace’s overworked private assistant who’s caught operating errands, however nonetheless aspires to her childhood dream of changing into a music producer. When Grace’s supervisor (Cube) presents her with a selection that would alter the course of her profession, Maggie and Grace provide you with a plan that would change their lives endlessly.
“You’ve got to start at the bottom before you take it from the top.”
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1 hr 53 minMay twenty ninth, 2020
The fledgling romance between Nick (Cube), a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne (Nia Long), a divorced mom of two, is threatened by a very harrowing New Years Eve. When Suzanne’s work retains her in Vancouver for the vacation, Nick gives to deliver her children to the town from Portland, Oregon. The children, who’ve by no means appreciated any of the boys their mother dates, are decided to show the journey right into a nightmare for Nick.
“24 hours. 350 miles. His girlfriend’s kids. What could possibly go wrong?”
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1 hr 35 minJan twenty first, 2005
A “National Geographic” movie crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter (Jon Voight), who takes them alongside on his quest to seize the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake.
“When you can’t breathe, you can’t scream.”
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1 hr 29 minApr eleventh, 1997
Ice Cube as Superfly in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,’ which opens in theaters on August 2nd.
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers (Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon) got down to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as regular youngsters via heroic acts. Their new pal April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri) helps them tackle a mysterious crime syndicate, however they quickly get in over their heads when a military of mutants is unleashed upon them.
“A new generation of heroes will rise… from the sewers.”
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After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers got down to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as regular youngsters via heroic… Read the Plot
Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American pupil attending on a observe scholarship; lecturers aren’t his robust go well with, and he goes in considering that his athletic talents will earn him a free trip via school. Fudge (Cube), a “professional student” who has been at Columbus for six years up to now, turns into pleasant with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
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2 hr 7 minJan eleventh, 1995
Darius Stone’s (Cube) prison document and excessive sports activities obsession make him the proper candidate to be the latest XXX agent. He should save the U.S. authorities from a lethal conspiracy led by five-star normal and Secretary of Defense George Deckert (Willem Dafoe).
“Prepare for the next level”
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1 hr 41 minApr twenty ninth, 2005
In highschool, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the favored jock. After commencement, each of them joined the police drive and ended up as companions driving bicycles within the metropolis park. Since they’re younger and appear to be highschool college students, they’re assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that’s supplying highschool college students artificial medicine.
“They thought the streets were mean. Then they went back to high school.”
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1 hr 49 minMar twelfth, 2012
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), the final of the renegade cops, as he struggles to handle his household, and fights for his personal survival.
“The most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen”
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1 hr 48 minNov twenty third, 2011
For the previous two years, high-school safety guard Ben (Kevin Hart) has been attempting to indicate embellished APD detective James (Cube) that he is greater than only a video-game junkie who’s unworthy of James’ sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben lastly will get accepted into the academy, he thinks he is earned the seasoned policeman’s respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing {that a} trip alongside will show if Ben has what it takes to handle his sister, James invitations him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild evening leads them to probably the most infamous prison within the metropolis (Laurence Fishburne), James will discover that his new associate’s rapid-fire mouth is simply as harmful because the bullets rushing at it.
“Propose to this cop’s sister? Rookie mistake.”
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1 hr 39 minJan seventeenth, 2014
A day within the lifetime of a barbershop on the south facet of Chicago. Calvin (Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the store as nothing however a burden and waste of his time. After promoting the store to an area mortgage shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father’s imaginative and prescient and legacy and struggles with the notion that he simply bought it out.
A bunch of American troopers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Spike Jonze and Cube) stationed in Iraq on the finish of the Gulf War discover a map they consider will take them to an enormous cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden close to their base, and so they embark on a secret mission that is destined to alter all the things.
“It’s good to be King.”
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1 hr 54 minSep twenty seventh, 1999
‘Boyz n the Hood’ is the favored and profitable movie and social criticism from John Singleton in regards to the situations in South Central Los Angeles the place youngsters are concerned in gun fights and drug dealing every day.
“Once upon a time in South Central L.A… It ain’t no fairy tale.”
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1 hr 52 minJul twelfth, 1991
Craig (Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and ingesting, on the lookout for one thing to do.
“A lot can go down between thursday and saturday…”
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1 hr 31 minApr twenty sixth, 1995
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