To me, this movie is perfection.

That was an excellent one.

A lot of fun.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

We have this guy talking about the death of Tupac being more than a death of "smart black man". Then another guy comparing Tupac to the religious founders of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism. Then we have Left Eye saying that she totally agrees with Tupac whom she said decided to die from his wounds because "obviously there is life after death". This goes on and on and on with catchy expressions, "you know what I mean?", linked to catchy expressions, "you know what I mean?", and linked to other catchy expressions, "you know what I mean?". No, I hardly know what you mean because all I hear is a bunch of words and concepts with no clarity.I think they were all high on something. This movie sucked so bad. I've watched a lot of documentaries and this is probably the worst ever. The sound quality is just bass, bass, and more bass; hello, if you don't have treble, the sound of speech just sounds like mumblings which is what happened here. I'm glad I saw it on DVD instead of actually paying money to see it in a theatre.

Tupac Resurrection is a great documentary about a man who probably experienced more pain in his life than any Hip hop artist or any famous person in the world. The film gives us everything you ever wanted to know about the man himself from the stories behind his poetic music, his childhood and growing up in violent ghettos with his mother (Afeni Shakur who was a well known crack addict)and to his times on Death Row records which set the spark to the Tupac/Biggie feud. What i like most about this film though is how the narration is actually done by Tupac himself! that makes it very realistic and quite spooky in a way,especially since nothing like that has ever been done before in a documentary. Obviously to be into a film like this you might have to be into a bit of rap music and be familiar with Tupac, But if not it does not matter because the film is just a too good story to miss. The soundtrack is also hot, featuring 'Runnin' (dying to live) a song with both Biggie and Tupac recorded while both men were alive which was never released until now and a couple of other great Tupac hits only now released. Altogether i loved this film an easy 10 out of 10.

One never knows what to expect out of rock films. Going into Tupac: Resurrection, I half expected another mediocre blaxploitation groaner. The other half expected a gushy MTVish drool-fest out to promote the soundtrack artists, including current corporate media darling 50 Cent.Resurrection is neither. The producer is not some slick Hollywood mogul with no understanding of rap except as a source for making a quick buck. Instead, Afeni Shakur, the late rapper's mother, takes charge. As both executive producer and the dominant force in her son's short life, her personal agenda impacts every frame. Like all documentaries, this is an extremely one-sided account, and it is likely due to her input that the movie downplays the darker aspects of Pac's self-destructive downward spiral after his move to Death Row Records. Nor is the film harsh enough on Tupac's seemingly endless capacity for paranoia and irresponsibility.Fortunately, she also makes the crucial decision not to dwell on more tired hash-rehash of so called East Coast/West Coast rap war, which the movie clarifies as less of a reality than a media event. Nor does it choose to linger on the numerous rumors and conspiracies surrounding Tupac's murder.Shakur and director Lauren Lazin wisely decide to let Tupac's voice carry the film. Lazin wisely refrains from using the masterful, propagandistic gimmicks of a Michael Moore documentary. There are no distracting interviews or massively-edited montages. As a result, the movie has a lyrical, sacred tone. History has mystified Pac as a martyr for West Coast gangsta rap, although during his lifetime he only released one such album. Few choose to remember that Death Row was the twilight of his life, that he spent the first half-decade of his career recording in the East where he grew up. It is here that the film takes its cue.Resurrection lays bare a magnetic, arrogant, charismatic spirit that immediately affirms why Pac remains one of rap's only true megastars. Though the film is not hard enough on how his growing obstinacy may have hastened his demise, it does not shy away from the controversy, the premonitions of death, the sex abuse conviction, and the inflated ego. The result is a well-drawn sketch of man aware of his genius but haunted by demons, a tortured soul navigating a realm more thuggish than he was at his core, a contradiction which plays as a general commentary on rap's manufactured images.This movie's production value alone easily outclasses nearly every other cinematic work that has ever pretended to be about hip-hop. It bears little resemblance to How High or Belly or to the shameless self-promotion of the vanity project 8 Mile, which was so sanitized as to kill any revelations it might have made about its star Eminem, the most high profile rapper to yet arise. I don't understand how someone could praise 8 Mile for its beauty and honesty (it isn't) and then criticize this film.By contrast, the sincerity of Resurrection solidifies Pac's reputation as `the only rapper that matters.' It shows why he is peerless and maybe the greatest artist the genre has yet produced: whatever can be said about his music, as an intelligent personality there is simply no one else in his class. He is so much more painfully relevant than all star rappers, and the sharpness of his observations on everything from politics to poverty leaves dust in the eyes of all his contemporaries. He represents a paradigm that has become all-too-rare in a musical form now dominated by cartoon images: a constructive rather than destructive point-of-view.A ball of contradictions, Tupac is finally much more complex and brilliant than most people would expect. People are uninformed and uninterested in hip-hop probably will get little out of this movie. Those who know will realize that the biggest tragedy is that not that Tupac died before reaching his full potential, but that other young black men with similar sensibilities rarely reach his level of visibility. 9.5/10.

Even after his untimely death in 1996,Tupac Shakur is still cranking out hit gangsta tunes from the grave. Yes,he maybe gone from here,but still is kicking strong within the hood. This was a brilliant and excellent documentary features footage from interviews and special material about the man who would become one of the most influential rappers of all time,the one and only 2PAC. From his earliest beginnigs with his parents,who were members of the notorious Black Panther movement of the 1960's and 1970's to his childhood days growing up in parts of New York to moving to Baltimore to attend the famous Baltimore School For The Performing Arts and from there to the West Coast areas of Oakland where he would established himself within the hood as sometimes controversial,loud and proud and speaking what was on his mind about the people,the society and most of all the music industry itself that was very corrupt and distasteful. The film goes on to the times where he was on top of the throne to the rise and fall of his own empire.However,his held his own towards the troubles in his life and furthermore the trials and tribulations that would follow from the celebrities he would have encounters with including some with Arnesio Hall,Eddie Murphy,Spike Lee,The Hughes Brothers,and the final confrontation the would end his life with the East Coast/West Coast feud with rivals Biggie Smalls,P.Diddy,and mostly the head of Death Row Records Suge Knight. This film was of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while and it really kept me in tune to a individual who was not just about rapping about the thug life of drugs,guns,violence and women,but he was a poet/activist,and actor in his own right--a man whose thoughts about society as an a black man living in America and how the black man is mistreated is something to see,since 2PAC was large and had fans worldwide. The documentary is a must see.