I remember having watched the 2003 action crime movie "Ride or Die" (aka "Hustle and Heat") once before. But I have to admit that I couldn't recall a single thing from the movie, aside from the cover. So as I had the opportunity to watch it again here in 2022, I did exactly that.

Writers Duane Martin and Jay Wolcott didn't exactly write a particularly outstanding script here for the movie. Sure, "Ride or Die" was watchable, but it just wasn't a noteworthy or memorable movie. It felt, for a lack of better words, bland.

While the movie is not all that great, there are some pretty good talents on the cast list, with the likes of Vivica A. Fox, Daniel Dae Kim, Miranda Kwok and Stacey Dash.

What makes "Ride or Die" watchable is the amount of action, gunfights and fight scenes that director Craig Ross Jr. Had crammed into the movie.

My rating of "Ride or Die" lands on a four out of ten stars. There are far better action crime movies readily available out there.

I saw this train wreck under the title Hustle and Heat, it is listed here as Ride or Die, either way it is a horribly, written acted, and directed mess!!

Duane Martin, Bivaca A Fox and Megan Goode are actors who will NEVER make it off the "B" list in Hollywood!

This was almost 2 hour Rap Video!! Just pitiful!!

Hustle and Heat is like if you put martial arts, rap, gunfights, a thriller and a "cop buddy" element and mix it all up. Really the result is not that bad even if at some part you feel the main character(which is also the writer) try to overdo it.

The main character Rad is kind of like the cool guy that knows how to fight and work as a P.I. Try to mix up Chris Tucker in Rush Hour with a classic 90s martial art main character played by Don Wilson or Jeff Daniels and you got it. He is kinda likable really. His sidekick is played by Vivica A Fox which try to be some Q from James Bond mixed with a sexy chicks coming out of a rap video. Not bad again really... she could had stand out a bit more but she was OK.

The plot include some mysteries and let you guess til the end who is responsible and why.

In between mix some car chases with over the top explosions and gunfights black rapper style(seriously the way they hold there gun is ridiculous including the main character) just to fuel the action style and you got the movie.

All in all, sure some parts are bad clichés, the fights are nothing impressive but there not terrible either, the "action movies" elements are OK, even tough again not impressive. And the story yeah is kind of interesting even for a guy like me that don't listen to rap at all...

So all and all, a decent movie, much better than what i was expecting, and i found the main character likable, but of course this won't be a cult classic either if you know what i mean...

Its a decent thriller meet action movie featuring martial arts if i can say ...lol