Gang Related DVD (1997)

Gang Related

1997

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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A pair of corrupt police officers discover the hard way that crime really doesn't pay in this action drama. Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) are two New York undercover cops with serious money problems: Rodriguez owes a huge gambling debt, while Divinci wants to retire to Hawaii but lacks the cash. To stretch their paychecks, the partners pose as drug dealers, using narcotics confiscated as evidence; they sell the dope, and after receiving payment, they kill the buyers in carefully arranged drive-by shootings, always collecting the drugs afterward so that they can be sold again. The men try to morally justify their actions by claiming that they only kill people who need to be taken off the street anyway. Divinci's girlfriend, an exotic dancer named Cynthia (Lela Rochon), helps set the cops up with their latest victim, but after they've made the transaction, Divinci and Rodriguez discover the tables have been turned -- the purchaser is actually an undercover DEA agent. The DEA man winds up dead, and Divinci and Rodriguez are assigned to investigate the killing. Needing a fall guy, they try to frame a homeless man for the murder, but before long, their web of deception begins to collapse like a house of cards. Gang Related was the final film completed by rapper-turned-actor Tupac Shakur; he himself was the victim of a still-unsolved shooting in Las Vegas 13 months before the film was released.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Gang Related details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	T.C. Carson, Wendy Crewson, James Belushi, K, Lela Rochon, David Paymer, Tupac Shakur, Gary Cole, Gregory Scott Cummins, James Handy, Victor Love, James Earl Jones, Robert La Sardo, Brad Greenquist, Dennis Quaid, Kool Moe Dee
Directors:	Kathryn Bigelow, Jim Kouf
Genre:	Action/Adventure
Studio:	ELEVATION

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Gang Related	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 46 minutes
Rental release:	14 Jul 2003
Main languages:	English

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By a customer from Scotland , 27 Oct 2004

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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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By Zoom1 (80 reviews) from Sutton , 18 Aug 2012

Average corrupt cop thriller and R. I. P. tupac Shakur. However its Belushi who is the real corrupt cop and killer as he kills a D. E. A Agent whilst selling him stolen drugs!!! Dennis Quaid plays a tramp or hobo who feels guilty over the death of his family and is pinned as the innocent party been framed by Tupac and Belushi
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Could have been better.

By gianino (631 reviews) from London , 10 Apr 2011

Ok not bad but it could have been so much better. It's kinda slow & boring at times. Although great cast & soundtrack. Tupac is cool so is JB & Dennis Quaid.
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rip tupac a great film

By a customer from London , 23 Mar 2011

tupac and belushi are a pair of corrupt cops they shoot a drug dealer and it puts then in the spot light they try every scam going to makes sure they remain undetected maybe a bit dated but worth a peek
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Dirty cops

By OSo (403 reviews) from Tooting London , 06 Jun 2009

A good film

Dirty cops that have dug a big hole for them selfs.

Check it out!!!
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GANG RELATED

By foolish (2 reviews) from Poole , 10 Mar 2009

James Belushi and 2 pac are excellent, this an old but still great film.
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