Turn It Up (film) explained

Turn It Up
Director:	Robert Adetuyi
Producer:	Guy Oseary Happy Walters
Screenplay:	Robert Adetuyi
Story:	Ray Daniels Chris Hudson Kelly Hilaire
Starring:	Pras Vondie Curtis-Hall Ja Rule Tamala Jones
Music:	Frank Fitzpatrick
Cinematography:	Hubert Taczanowski
Editing:	Jeff Freeman
Distributor:	New Line Cinema
Runtime:	86 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$13 million
Gross:	$1.2 million

Turn It Up is a 2000 American action hood film written and directed by Robert Adetuyi and starring Ja Rule, Pras, Faith Evans and Jason Statham. It marked Ja Rule's film debut.

Cast

• Pras as Diamond
• Ja Rule as David "Gage" Williams
• Jason Statham as Mr. B
• Tamala Jones as Kia
• Vondie Curtis-Hall as Cliff
• John Ralston as Mr. White
• Chris Messina as Baz
• Eugene Clark as Marshall
• Faith Evans as Natalie
• Chang Tseng as Mr. Chang

Production

Turn It Up was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Denial NiteClub, 360 Adelaide St. W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 10%, based on reviews from 39 critics. The website's consensus reads, "Reviewers say Turn It Up has a derivative feel, running through too many urban movie cliches."^[1] On Metacritic, it has a score of 18 out of 100, based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".^[2] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade D− on a scale of A to F.^[3]

Box office

The film grossed $1,247,949 during its brief theatrical run.^[4]

See also

• List of hood films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Turn It Up (2000) . . 9 November 2023 .
2. Web site: Turn It Up . . 22 February 2020 .
3. Web site: TURN IT UP (2000) D- . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ . 2018-12-20 .
4. Web site: Turn It Up . .