Roth can usually be relied upon for a quality performance (he was the redeeming actor in “Four Rooms”), but the writing for him in this film is so poor that he never gets a chance to shine. Many musicians and athletes trying to make the transition woefully fail (like Michael Jordan in “Space Jam”), but Shakur is at least as good as anyone else in the movie.
#TUPAC SHAKUR GRIDLOCK D MOVIE#
Without comparison, the only thing that comes close to making this movie bearable is the acting of Shakur. While his final film, the cop thriller Gang Related, wouldn’t get released until later that October, his penultimate, posthumous film Gridlock’d was ready to go that January. Not only does this have little to do with the film, but a forceful monologue from one of the government workers muddles the issue of whether they deserve the service they think they are being deprived of. Over and over, they are redirected, told off, or put off by government workers. When they aren’t feeling sorry for each other or running from someone, the two are trying to get into detox. The chase scenes are actually quite a bit like those in “Trainspotting,” a movie I hated. They are seen at a crime scene after a murder, and later get on the bad side of a gun-toting drug lord. Whenever the audience is about to feel true sympathy for a character, the movie throws in a twist that almost resembles a plot, and the effect is lost.Īctually, it seems that Spoon and Stretch are always running from someone. The slice-of-life approach attempts to be a lot like “Leaving Las Vegas,” and it probably could’ve been, but director Vondie Curtis Hall concentrated too much on action outside the main storyline. And if you look at us, we look like the two most. and were like, we always joke mean tender, its actual reaction stars now were runnin the stuff. The story, which begins on New Year’s Eve and ends the next night, is told very incoherently, and often feels like a documentary without a point. Well its really gotta lot of realism in it, because it mean in real life, youre in horrible situations, made funny happens, and its too funny. “Gridlock’d” attempts to tell the story of two friends, Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) who, only after Spoon’s girlfriend overdoses and is in critical condition, decide to kick their drug habits. Throw in a deceased rapper, and you’ve got “Gridlock’d.” Imagine a movie that combines the worst aspects of “Trainspotting,” “Leaving Las Vegas” and a “Dateline” expose.
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