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Such a frustrating disappointment

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

'Freelancers' is a so-so fare, that has some merit, but it isn't fully loaded either. 'Freelancers' Synopsis: The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.'Freelancers' rests on a clichéd plot. The ever-lasting tale of of an honest cop & his battle with corrupt cops/gangsters/thief's has been depicted on the big screen an umpteen number of times. So in terms of novelty, 'Freelancers' has none of it. However, a few dramatic moments are skillfully executed, which certainly deserve a mention.L. Philippe Casseus's Screenplay is average. Jessy Terrero's Direction is decent. Action-Sequences are nicely executed. Performance-Wise: 50 Cent makes a sincere attempt to justify his part. De Niro is in his element. Forest Whitaker doesn't get much scope. On the whole, 'Freelancers' is an okay watch.

Where do i start with this film. It had a good concept, i liked how it went for a bit of a Drive style look at polar opposite racism within police units and showing how newbies can be coerced not just into corruption but also racist views from their role model senior partners and it also showed direct and indirect racism. Where this film went wrong was the casting of 50 cent. Similarly to 'Man with the Iron Fist' in which RZA cast himself as the lead, 50 cent just really fell short here, he's a C grade actor at best and despite each scene being carried by better actors than him, he was a rather large stain on a Picasso that can now be chucked in the trash. Again similar to RZA where he single handedly assassinated his own movie Man with the Iron Fist, 50 cent let this one down with his inability to show any expression. His delivery contained about 60% confidence, which is actually more than i would expect from him but still made the movie look like a school play rather than a Hollywood product. Maybe 50 cent looked at Hollywood stars like Vin Diesel, Mark Walburg or the Rock and thought that acting looks quite easy to do, well one thing he might not know is that these actors have genuine charisma in their everyday persona's which is why their scenes pan out the way they do, 50 cent however does not and this movie really shun the spotlight on a very insecure actor and an even more insecure individual in my opinion, his eyes glowed with fear the entire movie. 50 cent's character would be bread and butter for any actor with talent as the character had the ability to be quite complex and display a variety of emotions through out the movie, from animosity, regret, hostility, moral conflict, relief etc. 50 cent however did none of these, the time when he wasn't reciting dialog, he spent absent and expressionless when in these moments, a picture speaks a thousand words and are probably more important than the dialog, as demonstrated by Forest Whitakers character when first introduced. For a gang-banger, you'd at least think 50 cent could hold a gun with confidence, his so called heartfelt negotiation with the youth was actually laughable. A few rappers can act, Common, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Dr Dre even Eminem. 50 cent however is as far down from the list as you can get. 50 cent struggles to get a solid 3 minute music video to look like he has confidence, let alone a full length movie, don't quit your day job, stick to making music and crappy Beats by Dre ripoffs.

I thought this movie had a chance with De Niro and Forest Whitaker in it. It did not. Definitely the worst movie I have seen in years. Possibly the worst I have ever seen.The story is thin, completely unrealistic and a total cliché of 100 other cop movies. That would be bad enough but it manages to make every stolen scene and storyline worse than it ever was before. I can't think of any character or any scene in the whole movie that is believable.Any eight year-old or person with an IQ above 70 could churn out a better movie in 10 minutes of thought. I only hope than anybody involved in this worthless piece of self-promotion never works in the business again. We could only be so lucky.

Wanted to watch because of all the promotion I've seen. I've been following 50 Cent's career for a while now, and wanted to see how he did in this one. I watched it and it wasn't as bad as everyone is carrying on. I must admit, however, I did read some of the comments before I watched it, so I went in with very low expectations. The story line wasn't bad at all (nothing surprising, but not bad). Watched it all the way through, and didn't want to turn it off. I have actually sat through way worst movies than this (cough** Paranormal Activity **cough), but don't go in expecting Oscar performance, just go in to watch the movie.I do agree the acting is not the greatest, but again it was not the worst.