Writer-director Jim Kouf crams the screen with enough incident, coincidence and characters to keep you watching.
Gang Related (1997)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:9
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, James Earl Jones
Starring: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, James Earl Jones, Dennis Quaid, David Paymer, Wendy Crewson, Gary Cole, T.C. Carson, Brad Greenquist, James Handy, Kool Moe Dee, Victor Love, Robert La Sardo, Gregory Scott Cummins
Director: Jim Kouf
Director: Jim Kouf
Screenwriter: Jim Kouf
Producer: John Bertolli, Lynn Bigelow, Steve Stabler, Brad Krevoy
Composer: Mickey Hart
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Reviews for Gang Related
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.
An ambitious but instantly generic urban crime drama that conjures up the usual assortment of cliched' streetwise grittiness
Tupac was a very promising actor -- it's a shame this was the kind of film he usually wound up in.
There are several clever twists in the story, though Kouf never quite manages to make much of it seem credible.
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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