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Death Of A Dynasty (2005)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:7
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.5/10
Synopsis: In the spirit of This is Spinal Tap, Death of a Dynasty offers a funny and satirical look behind the closed doors of Damon Dash’s and Jay-Z’s hip-hop empire. Shot in New York City, the film centers... In the spirit of This is Spinal Tap, Death of a Dynasty offers a funny and satirical look behind the closed doors of Damon Dash’s and Jay-Z’s hip-hop empire. Shot in New York City, the film centers around Dave Katz (Moss-Bachrach), a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash (producer of The Woodsman) and Jay-Z (Fade to Black). Dave believes he is a member of the Roc-a-Fella team and privy to the daily "goings on" at one of the world’s hottest record companies. Although he is actually "two timing" the magazine (feeding sordid gossip items about the feuding partners to local gossip columns), the journalist thinks he is a real "playa" only to later find out that he is the one being played. -- © TLA Releasing [More]
Starring: Devon Aoki, Capone
Starring: Devon Aoki, Capone
Director: Damon Dash
Director: Damon Dash
Screenwriter: Adam Moreno
Studio: TLA Releasing
Reviews for Death Of A Dynasty
Death of a Dynasty is fun stuff, and this is coming from a guy who hasn't bought a hip-hop CD since NWA broke up.
Truly terrible for plenty of reasons, not the least of which being Damon Dash’s barely competent directing.
Death of a Dynasty accomplishes what it set out to do -- to make a few laughs.
Sure, having bottles of Armadale vodka crammed into every other shot could be read as a pointed swipe at crass endorsements of luxury liquors. But when you know Armadale is owned by Roc-A-Fella, it looks a lot like crass product placement.
Half home movie, half product placement, and almost completely worthless.
This narcissistic mockumentary is less a film than a full-length promotional video for Roc-a-Fella Records mogul/director Damon Dash.
A mockumentary that veers unsteadily between satire and an infomercial for Dash's Roc-A-Fella records.
Definitely funny as the hip-hop world pokes fun at itself and others, but it's frequently pointless, especially as the "plot" unfolds.
Watching Damon Dash's playful movie is like entering a room where a large, too noisy party is going on and never fully adjusting to the dark or the din.
Death of a Dynasty is, like the music it parodies: aggressive, over-the-top, louder than life and in your face.
Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business.
There is a funny movie to be made from the outrageous egos and excesses of rap music. Death of a Dynasty is not that movie.
An amiably raucous, scorched-earth mockumentary about the Roc-A-Fella hip-hop kingdom under the proprietorship of CEO Damon Dash.
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