Is it merely one man’s story, or a blatant attempt to profit off the glamorization of a lifestyle that far too often ends with funeral home horrors and broken families?

That question may not concern Toronto Police. What does worry them is the prospect that rapper 50 Cent’s new movie ‘Get Rich, Or Die Trying’, could result in a tragic case of life imitating art, especially amongst impressionable youth in troubled areas, some who have shown a frightening propensity for using the weapons that the rap star stealthily totes on the big screen.

With that in mind, undercover police officers are expected to be in attendance at some of the film’s screenings.

The movie portrays 50 Cent's bullet-riddled, meteoric climb to fame, starting back with his involvement with guns and gangs.

The multi-platinum artist survived 9 bullets, a fact that gave him the almost requisite street credibility rap stars long to attain.

At the Yorkdale mall, increased police presence isn't just about the movie -- there was an incident involving a youth with a gun there last week. Police arrested a former high school basketball star with a loaded weapon.

Some believe 50 Cent’s movie will entice similar behaviour.

“It's just guns, guns, guns,” says anti-violence activist Val Smith of the film. “I mean how could anyone look at that and say that this is not promoting a gangster lifestyle and glamorizing guns?”

As far as one local rapper is concerned, the lifestyle 50 portrays can appear very glamorous to young people.

“He is a role model as much as he wants to say he's not or anything like that. He is because a lot of kids look up to him,” says Jason “Juice” Rochester.

Moviegoer Louay Rifai agrees.

“I think he has a lot of influence. Look at the games he has out, the songs he puts out, the movies. I mean if a kid wasn't well looked at and well taught when he was young, he'd be influenced greatly to join gangs and stuff like that.”