![]() The movie, though, doesn't quite live up to his performance. For this scene alone Terrence Howard earned his Oscar nomination. ![]() He takes a drag from his cigarette so deep that the audience can feel the nicotine surging through their veins and suddenly his hustle begins to flow. Faced with having to put his bullshit to the test, at first it seems that he isn't up to the challenge, but then you see a change come over his face. With his future on the line, he has to do the greatest hustle of his life to get professional rapper, Skinny Black, to take his demo tape. In the climactic scene in Hustle & Flow, the hustling pimp turned rapper, DJay, faces his. It's not a perfect movie but it's pretty damn good and writer/director Craig Brewer proves himself a talent to be reckoned with.īig or small, we've all faced moments of truth. The ending of Hustle almost flows too far in the Happy Hollywood direction, but not enough to tip the scales against it. ![]() The rest of the cast are all good in this impeccably professional small-budget indie. Real life rap star Ludacris, who was also in the Oscar nominated Crash, does a surprisingly decent job as Skinny Black. DJay sets up a plan to give his demo tape to a local rapper who has gone big-time but has returned for a visit to his hometown and is going to be at the bar that day. The climax of the movie occurs at a local bar on July 4th. The scene where DJay is accompanied to his music producer's house by two of his “ho's", and the producer's poor wife is forced to entertain the “ladies" while the two men talk music, is quite funny. While this is for the most part a drama, there are a few lighter moments. This is totally due to the talents of this amazing actor. His circumstances change but the guy's nature doesn't. There is no moment where he realizes the error of his ways. What makes it even more remarkable is the fact that DJay doesn't really change. He takes the part of DJay, a man that by most people's standards is living a despicable existence, and somehow makes you care about him. He might just be the De Niro of his generation. Terrence Howard gives a star making turn as DJay. He's not a teenager with his whole life before him, but is instead a man facing middle age, who knows his time to achieve his goals is fast running out. What makes the story unique and gives it a much broader appeal is the fact that DJay is a man in his 30's. Hustle & Flow tells the struggles of Memphis pimp and marijuana peddler DJay as he begins to follow his dream of being a rapper.
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