Expect plenty of action and jokes (including a dynamite Vin Diesel-Cats gag), a surprising twist, and the urge to watch even more heist movies. ... While comedy fans have known Eddie Murphy for four decades and counting, the legendary comedian long wanted to reintroduce the world to another name: Rudy Ray Moore. The biographical film from director Craig Brewer picks up the story of Moore just before he creates his career-changing persona, the expletive-spewing pimp Dolemite. Looking to capitalize on his rising popularity, Moore sets out to bring his character to the big screen with Dolemite, which would eventually release in 1975 and become a defining project of the blaxploitation era.