A thief and a lawman join forces to hunt down a common enemy in this action thriller. Tony Fait (
DMX) is a master thief who, along with his crew (
Gabrielle Union,
Anthony Anderson, and Drag-On), pulls off a major score when they steal a cache of highly valuable black diamonds. However, the hard-as-nails Tony has a soft spot for his young daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd), and Ling (
Mark Dacascos), a former detective turned ruthless criminal, kidnaps Vanessa, demanding a ransom from Tony for her return -- the stash of black diamonds. The jewels have already been stolen, however, from Tony's fence Archie (
Tom Arnold), and are now in the hands of a powerful underworld boss (
Chi McBride). Determined to get back his daughter whatever the cost, Tony and his gang set out to find both Ling and the diamonds, but he soon gets some invaluable help from an unlikely corner -- Su (
Jet Li), a government agent from Taiwan who was once Ling's partner, and has an old score to settle with him. Cradle 2 the Grave also features
Kelly Hu and Roxana Brusso. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide