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Gang Related
1997
A pair of world-weary vice cops (James Belushi and Tupac Shakur) spend their off-hours selling off their confiscated drugs and murdering their buyers, cleaning the streets and padding their own pockets simultaneously. But their plan falls flat when a victim turns out to have been an undercover DEA agent, and the two are unable .. Read more
| Starring | James Belushi, Lela Rochon, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid |
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| Director | Jim Kouf, Kathryn Bigelow |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Gang Related
A pair of world-weary vice cops (James Belushi and Tupac Shakur) spend their off-hours selling off their confiscated drugs and murdering their buyers, cleaning the streets and padding their own pockets simultaneously. But their plan falls flat when a victim turns out to have been an undercover DEA agent, and the two are unable to use their customary excuse--that the shootings are gang-related--to prevent an internal investigation. Bolstered by a gangsta rap soundtrack featuring its late star, Shakur.
| Starring | James Belushi, Lela Rochon, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones, Gary Cole, Wendy Crewson, Victor Love, Gregory Scott Cummins, David Paymer, James Handy, Robert La Sardo, T.C. Carson, Brad Greenquist, Kool Moe Dee |
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| Director | Jim Kouf, Kathryn Bigelow |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Jul 2003 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Tupac Shakur's final film offers a glimpse of what a fine, subtle actor he was becoming before his tragic early death. The acclaimed rap star plays a detective who, with partner James Belushi, has established a lucrative scam ripping off and killing drug dealers and pronouncing the deaths as “gang related”. However, it all goes pear-shaped when their latest victim turns out to be an undercover drugs agent and the derelict they attempt to frame (Dennis Quaid) is discovered to have a surprising past. Belushi sweats sleaze as the murderously corrupt cop. Writer/director Jim Kouf delivers the goods thriller-wise, while mining an unexpected seam of gallows humour.
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Street cops Divinci (Belushi) and Rodriguez (Shakur) have a scam going, fake drug deals in which they sell the dope,... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Worth it
If you are obsessed with 2pac or one of his fans, you must watch this movie, he is being the true guy, being straight and see how he plays around the game and get punished for being broke.
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Most recent members' review
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[Highly rated reviewer]
Dirty cops
A good film
Dirty cops that have dug a big hole for them selfs.
Check it out!!!
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- OSo from KT15 Addlestone
- Posted 06 Jun 2009 01:29
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Had enough of hip-hop?
- 14 Jun 2006
Hip-hop artists have been permeating the movie world for some time now and Hollywood has become the perfect tool to maintain a 'gangsta' persona and subsidise a bling lifestyle. Some hip-hop stars have had more success than others. Tupac Shakur's performance as Birdie in Above The Rim was acclaimed by hip-hop aficionados and other performances in Gang Related, Juice and Gridlock'd were widely considered a success, whereas LL Cool J's appearances in Deep Blue Sea and Halloween H20 were more of... Read more
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Gang Related
A pair of world-weary vice cops (James Belushi and Tupac Shakur) spend their off-hours selling off their confiscated drugs and murdering their buyers, cleaning the streets and padding their own pockets simultaneously. But their plan falls flat when a victim turns out to have been an undercover DEA ...
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