Tupac - Resurrection (Widescreen Edition)

2Pac Resurrection is the movie to see if you are a Pac fan if you are a Pac fan and havent seen this movie then get out there and rent or buy it me peronally I bought it right away and felt that the movie was worth every penny.

It starts off when he was younger growing up and goes through all that he experienced through his far to short life . If you dont know anything about Pac or you dont know much about him this is the dvd you want to learn more about and the type of life that he lead . He had almost different faces of him some people knew him as a gangster, some knew him as a poet, some thought he was to violen, some thought that he was no good , others saw him as a kind gentle caring man. Whatever side you choose to belive in him is up to you you will see his many sides in this dvd. Me personally I believe that he had a little bit of everyone of these sides but was more good than evil. This is a must and would probably be his best dvd to date.
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"God Bless The Dead"
R.I.P. Tupac Shakur

Tupac's Resurrection was all about choices to me. On one hand, you have this good looking , charming young man whose intellect could rival some of the most reknown scholars. On the other hand, you have a brash pawn who hung out with the wrong peeps, and trouble and denialibility clung to him like shadows. This is the most sincere and frank account of him and his life. From his intent to carry out a new way of "thug-living" to him getting carelessly caught up in "groupie luv" You can say what you want about Pac, but he was always about "choices" He said this himself. And to actually try to pinpoint one of the many sides of him as a whole, then you would not have an accurate definition of the man we know as Tupac Shakur. He was good, bad, indifferent. As I stated in an earlier review, he is an array of every emotion caught on film. I would recommend any Pac fan to invest in this dvd.

If you are looking for a Tupac DVD, this is where you should start, Resurrection is the most comprehensive look at all of Pac's life, from his childhood, until his fatal shooting. Unlike other documentaries, this looks at his entire life and it is also endorsed by Afeni Shakur, which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it. It is also entirely narrated by Tupac, splicing together interviews and bits of speech to create the voiceover. I know some people object to this, however when you watch it the majority of the speech comes from about four or five seperate interviews, which they show large sections of, so he did say most of what is on here.

As you would expect with his mother on the project, it gives a fair and balanced account of Pac's life, concentrating perhaps a little more on his caring side rather than his thug persona. Including interviews with childhood friends like Jada Pinkett, some of the main players at Death Row, and also footage from the infamous incident at the MGM, hours before his death, there is little left unturned.

For a quality overview of Pac's life, this is the DVD to get, my only minor complaint is the lack of music video extras, only Brenda's Got A Baby and Trapped are included as extras. They could have included more, although perhaps Suge Knight had a say on his Death Row material. Regardless, this is highly reccomended.

Without going into much detail, i can say this is a very well documented biography of Tupac's life. Actually it can be called an autobiography because it's narrorated by Pac himself. Very interesting, every fan should at least watch this, if not go out and buy it. Peace

This mesmerizing documentary about the late rap star Tupac Shakur makes clear what a talented performer and vibrant presence he was, even for audiences who don't listen to rap music and aren't quite sure which rap star/convicted felon/murder victim he was.

But it does more than that. It tells a deeply moving story of a gifted, thoughtful, and intelligent young man who has to cope with the challenges of poverty and then has to manage the even more complex challenges of success. And it deals forthrightly with the problems of race and class in America, from racism and police brutality to black on black crime, absent fathers, and the uneasy relationship between showbiz "thug life" and the real thing. At one point, he says, "I really did believe that no black person would ever shoot me."

The movie was produced by Shakur's mother and MTV, which provided access to broadcast footage, interviews, and outakes. That allows Shakur, eerily, to tell the story himself, even predicting his own violent death. He warns us that this will be a story of "violence, redemption, and love," and that proves to be true.

Shakur's mother was one of the few women leaders of the Black Panthers. She went to prison when she was pregnant with him. He was deeply aware that he served time in prison before he was born. He also respected his mother's activism but felt that he did not get enough of her attention. "I always felt she cared more about 'the people' than her people." He missed having a strong male role model. "You need a man to teach you to be a man."

He cared for his community but hated being poor. He briefly dealt drugs, but even the local dealers urged him to follow his dream. He loved performing and was accepted at a school for the arts. By the time he was a teenager, he was working professionally. By the time he was 20, he was a successful recording artist.

He understood the irony when it was only after he became famous that he was picked up by the cops. A citation for jaywalking led to a confrontation that became a beating.

Meanwhile, he is stunned and humbled to find that his visibility has young people looking to him for leadership. He takes it seriously, and gives a lot of thought to what he wants to tell them. He helps develop a code of behavior for "thugs" that covers things like keeping civilians out of the line of fire in gang warfare and taking responsibility for children.

Shakur is clearly and refreshingly as free from any form of prejudice as it is possible to be, at least in his own relationships. He uses racist and sexist language in the songs he writes, but also writes about respecting women. He has enormous charm but is also a thoughtful young man who wants to understand the world better and he wants to make an important contribution. He admits his mistakes freely and he learns from them and moves on. Anyone who watches this movie will feel his loss and want to carry forward his dreams.

Parents should know that this movie includes a great deal of very bad language, including racist terms (with some discussion of when they are and are not racist). Characters use drugs, drink, and smoke, and the ravages of drug addiction are frankly described. Characters engage in violent behavior and sexual abuse, including assault and shooting, and some go to jail. Shakur and other characters are shot and murdered. There are candid discussions of police brutality and racism. All of these issues and the consequences are presented in a realistic way that parents may find more suitable for teenagers than the usual shoot-out and explosion movie.