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A Disappointing Continuation

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

In 1996, the music industry was rocked at the news that multi-million selling rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down in his car after attending an event in Las Vegas, and later died from internal injuries. A year later, another giant in the rap industry, Notorious B.I.G., was also murdered in similar circumstances from a drive-by shooting. To this day, their murders remain two of the most famously unsolved murders in history. Documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield starts his own investigation, and starts asking questions and sticking his nose in where other people dare not, and reveals some alarming truths and circumstances.The most alarming thing about this documentary is not the sight of the intimidating Suge Knight in the climatic prison interview, or the revelations about the sheer incompetence of the police during their investigation and their possible connections to the murders, but the apparent amateurish way that director Nick Broomfield goes about his business. He barges into locations with his microphone and headphones, asks probing questions, and in one scene, actually runs out of sound recording and cuts the interview short. But it actually works in his favour. His seemingly bumbling approach allows his interviewees to feel more at ease and see Broomfield as less of a threat. And working on charm and determination alone, manages to bank an interview with rap mogul Suge Knight after he had already turned down the interview after simply turning up at the prison.The documentary itself is as riveting, fascinating, and surprisingly sad as you would hope. Broomfield gets answers that even the police officer taken off the case for 'asking too many questions' is impressed with. It reveals a glamorous and terrifying world where these multi-millionaire musicians wanting to play gangster got more than they were expecting, and their links with the 'bloods' and 'crips' of the L.A. gangland. It's clear that Broomfield's suspicions lie with Knight, who seems to have a finger in every pie, and is the instigator of the East-West Cast rivalry that seemed to hit its peak in the mid-90's. A quality documentary, and a rather damning insight into the rap industry.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com

I'm a big Notorious B.I.G. fan and believer of Tupac's N.I.G.G.A.Z. philosophy so when i seen the video tape at Wal-mart, i knew i had to own it. When I brought it home, i was hoping to find a link between their deaths and the police cover-up i've been hearing about in LA (mind you i live in north Carolina). What I got was a brutally honest, horrifying, well thought out documentary. The main argument about Nick Broomfield from Kurt And Courtney was his seemingly one sided mission to make you believe HIS truth. He does it here but instead of just interviews from people with a vendetta (and trust me, there are plenty here) with the culprits Broomfield say are responsible for their deaths, we also get interviews from BIG's Mother, Tupac's step-brother(who i seen as a opportunistic jackass), Former bodyguards for both Pac and Big, and the most important of all, Death Row CEO Suge Knight. The Most entertaining is of course Knight, not because of what he says happen( he refused to comment on either deaths, sorry ) but because of the remarks he makes of Snoop Dogg(wonder what he has to do with anything? watch). And if that doesn't do it for you, Volletta Wallace(BIG's mother)'s interview will make you cry(the last one i mean).

*Semi-spoilers herein*I didn't know what to expect when watching this film. Nick Broomfield gave quite a performance. Moving through ghettos, neighborhoods, and prisons, he provides us the audience with the most complete summary of the murder of Rap's two biggest stars, along with the course of events that brought them to be enemies.At the film's onset, Nick looks quite out of place with his haggard dress (usually jeans/t-shirt combo) and thick English accent. Expect Shakur's first name to be pronounced 'Tew-Pack'. He looks blatantly out of place interviewing mostly African-American people for information regarding both murders. You have to admire his courage to look in places most people wouldn't dare. It genuinely seems like he wants to find and expose the truth about both killings.Broomfield beats the bushes, trying to get a hold of everybody, and I mean everybody he can that knows something about the two cases. What he finds is frightening. Expected, but frightening. Nearly every informant and interviewee corroborates each other's story, including retired LAPD Det. Russell Poole. The flaw with Poole was Broomfield's boasts that it was quite a monumental achievement to get Poole to talk about the case. Poole has given many interviews, recently to VH1's Behind the Music regarding the case. It seems like he really wants to find the true killer of Notorious BIG and could care less about his impending lawsuit against the LAPD.The film drags in spots. As several reviewers have pointed out and I must concur to, there is an utterly pointless scene with a former girlfriend of two LAPD Officers (David Mack & Rafo Perez) who are supposedly connected to BIG's murder. However, the interview focuses on her sexual escapades with the Officers, not what they knew about the BIG hit. Another scene is when Broomfield lets Suge Knight ramble on for nearly 7 minutes about 'positivity for the kids' or something like that during a prison interview. Not that I'd interrupt Suge either, but to include much of it in the film wastes valuable time. Broomfield also never explains why he chose to/did interview Knight and not his nemesis from that time period, Bad Boy Records CEO Sean "P-Diddy/Puffy" Combs (pronounced 'Paffy Coombz' by Broomfield), despite a witness to the BIG murder saying he talked with Puffy about a suspect the following day.Biggie and Tupac is an overall likeable documentary with lots of information regarding the two men's killings. Broomfield courageously gathers his information and sources, often throwing caution to the wind. If you are a fan of either rapper or the story surrounding their deaths, this film is for you. A solid 7.5/10.

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsThe 'thug lifestyle' surrounding hardcore rap music is thankfully just an image thing with the majority of it's singers.Sadly,a gunman didn't seem to feel that way of the titular duo.This is the sad true story of Biggie Smalls and Tupac (or 2Pac) Shakur,two of gangsta raps most famous icons who both met tragic untimely deaths at the hands of gunmen (or just one gunman?),and all in a relatively short time-frame of each other.No,rap and what it preached was not just business to these two individuals.....it meant life.Nick Broomfield's documentary charts how the East-Coast/West-Coast rivalry came about,and how the one time two best friends allowed fame and money to corrupt them and turn them pretty much into sworn enemies.Digging up archive footage and mixing it with interviews,it inevitably drags in parts,but for the most part it's very engrossing stuff and certainly evokes many thoughts and opinions on what really went on.***