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Gang Related (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 9  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Synopsis: A pair of world-weary vice cops 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... A pair of world-weary vice cops 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. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, James Earl Jones, Dennis Quaid

Director: Jim Kouf
Screenwriter: Jim Kouf
Producer: John Bertolli, Lynn Bigelow, Steve Stabler, Brad Krevoy
Composer: Mickey Hart

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 11, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo 5.1 - English
  • Stereo 2.0 - Spanish
  • Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • Featurette

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Writer-director Jim Kouf crams the screen with enough incident, coincidence and characters to keep you watching.

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Dragan Antulov
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I won't pretend to know anything about Shakur's music, but his death robbed filmgoers of an actor who only began to show his talent.

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05/27/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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An ambitious but instantly generic urban crime drama that conjures up the usual assortment of cliched' streetwise grittiness

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05/25/03
Frank Ochieng
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Tupac was a very promising actor -- it's a shame this was the kind of film he usually wound up in.

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Luke Y. Thompson
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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There are several clever twists in the story, though Kouf never quite manages to make much of it seem credible.

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James Sanford
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Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Jim Kouf has managed to create a low-budget cop story that not only features a sterling cast, but also manages to entertain for two hours straight.

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