Gang Related (1997)

Wonderfully offbeat film!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I'm a big fan of Tupac Shakur and listen to his music a lot. One thing is for sure, and that's that he is one of the best rappers ever. I was starting to become curious if his acting was as good as his rapping so I wanted to watch this movie. At first, I dind't really expect much from it but it turned out to be a really good movie instead!Tupac plays as a street thug/criminal in most his movies except for this one where he plays as a police officer. This adds what I personally think, a very nice twist to the movie.Tupac and James argue a lot because their opinions differ pretty much, this is what actually makes the movie funny in a way. The movie can be very unpredictable in some moments too.I really recommend this movie to the people who like movies from the Crime genre and of course to Tupac fans like me.

I didn't have very high expectations for this one (partly because I am not terribly keen on James Belushi) but actually, the film was pretty good.The important thing is to understand the film as a thriller, rather than as a realistic or atmospheric piece. The subject matter and designated environment would point to noir, but the film fails to capture a sense of place or encapsulate an environment and way of life in a way that would justify such a designation. The environment is not actually unrealistic, but again it is not really captured either. Instead, the grit and indeed realism, tends to throw off the viewer, causing him to anticipate a different type of film. "Gang Related" is about plot, and there are a satisfactory number of twists and turns for the viewer. One could easily imagine a movie like this being adapted to the stage.The acting is generally of a very high standard with strong performances by Shakur and Belushi. The weakness of this film is rather in the fact that the film fails to create or capture a set of especially nuanced characters, and similarly fails to create a strong sense of place. A different director and different cinematography could have done this without substantial alteration. The dramatic twists and turns in the plot also could be considered a weakness, but this would be due to a misunderstanding of the type of story being told, rather than because that story is in itself a bad one.

Gang Related starring by James Belushi and the late Tupac Shakur is a good example when the badge is used for hide own crime. The entirely story of the movie started when two corrupt cop killed for mistake a under cover agent of the DEA . The day after their Head gives the case of the murder at them, because nobody suspect of them. And here starting the nightmare…..The movie is very good to generate a high level of tension only with the story(also if in the plot there are few holes), and the twist of the facts narrate and interlace between of its succeed to passionate the spectator till to the wonderful end. The two actors , Belushi and Shakur are very good and believed in the lead roles. Belushi succeed to give a certain restlessness on his usual funny character and when his crime side is discovered , the terror cancelled his liking. Shakur is interesting in the charactering his conscientious cop lost in his blames, and the couple is harmony for to be them first work together . Only point negative of the movie going when the twists of the plot grow up too and born few incongruousness, but all of the rest is a good work and specially the playing. My rate is 8.

Gang Related is a much better film than I expected. Sure, it's never going to make my Top 100 movies-list, but it's good entertainment for about 1,5 hours. The last scene, though, really takes it too far, and it's kind of sad since the ending is so important in a movie. It's basically a somewhat ridiculous ending.Tupac Shakur was an okay actor and he was good in Gang Related which sadly (as everyone already knows) turned out to be his last film.Good film. (6/10)