If not for the excessive melodrama, lousy dialogue, clumsy acting and generally nasty vibe, "Never Die Alone" could have had the kind of distinctive edge that made urban street dramas like Juice, Menace II Society...
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
26 Mar 2004
fresh:
The various stories are strong enough to compensate for any acting deficiencies.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
26 Mar 2004
rotten:
What makes Never Die Alone so monumentally terrible isn't just its bearhugging of gangsta flick convention, but its desperate attempt to imbue run-of-the-mill crime with noir classicism.