Never Die Alone is a 2004 crime thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and written by James Gibson, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Donald Goines. The film stars DMX, David Arquette and Michael Ealy, and is about a criminal drug dealer returning to the East Coast to find redemption and make amends with a drug lord. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004, and made its theatrical release on March 26. Never Die Alone garnered generally negative reviews from critics who panned the trashy, pretentious and misogynistic viewpoint of street culture. However, DMX received praise for his performance as King David. It performed poorly at the box office.
