Ling wants to auction them off to the highest bidder and it is then we find out that the black diamonds aren’t diamonds at all, but weapons of mass destruction.Ĭradle 2 the Grave was Jet Li’s fifth American movie and the second time he starred with rapper DMX, the first coming in the 2000 actioner Romeo Must Die. He poses as a fighter and has to fight in the club’s fighting ring to gain entry.įait is finally able to track down where his daughter is being held and Su, with Archie’s help, realizes that Ling’s men have found the black diamonds. Su then is able to showcase his fighting skills as the club does not allow guests. Fait visits jailed crime lord Jump Chambers looking for answers while Jet Li’s Su and Archie go to an underground club looking for the gangsters who took the stones from Archie.
Su and Fait then split up to tackle their problem from different angles. With no other choice, Fait and Su team up to get the black diamonds from the other gangsters and rescue Vanessa. Ling has kidnapped Fait’s daughter Vanessa.
Fait refuses, then checks in with Archie, who eventually tells him that gangsters showed up and to spare his own life, he had to give them the black diamonds.įait receives another call from Ling, again demanding the black diamonds, this time giving Fait some incentive to produce them. During this inopportune meeting, Fait receives a call from mysterious employer Ling, who is demanding the black diamonds. Fait then takes the bag of black diamonds to his friend Archie so he can appraise their worth.įait and Su run into each other later that night. But Fait doesn’t listen, and he escapes with the diamonds in tow. When Su learns that Fait is involved, Su calls Fait telling him to give up the diamonds, the police are on their way. Anthony Fait (also known as the rapper DMX) is a criminal who is about to steal diamonds, which includes a bag of black diamonds, for Christophe, the middleman for a mysterious employer. Cradle 2 the Grave stars Jet Li as Taiwanese Intelligence Agent Su, who is on the trail of stolen diamonds.