![]() ![]() D Reper and his henchman ( Tom Towles) add to the comic side of the film along with a recurring character, a blind man ( Howard Hesseman) and his rottweiler dog. Played by the director, Vondie Curtis-Hall himself. To make matters worse, they happen to upset a local hood gangster. Whilst on this arduous mission they encounter countless run-ins with the law, the homeless, other drug addicts, dealers and dope fiends. We follow their odyssey, travelling to one place to another. A rehabilitation program, get help with Medicare, be given methadone, desperately any help to kick the life destructive habit. Gridlock’d follows these two friends struggle to get that so needed help. He’d do anything to help his friend out, even if it meant going through the pain of detox. However, Spoon was his brother, they were tight. His moment of realisation hadn’t come to him yet. Stretch on the other hand is happy getting smashed. He has to get clean, get off the smack and sort his life out. With the trauma and drama of the night before, Spoon has a moment of epiphany. I remembered that when it came to writing my first movie.“. Ended up wandering around from place to place, no one giving us any help. Before you know it, you become dependent and caught in a vicious circle. Being young in a band surrounded by people doing drugs, getting the idea that your creativity will become enhanced. ![]() Based on writer and director Vondie Curtis-Hall own, early life, experiences. Gridlock’d‘s fundamental message is the contemptuous government bureaucracy and mockery of a broken health care system. Eventually they make it, with everything against them. No one will help, no taxi will stop, they can’t call an ambulance, they don’t have health insurance, the system is broke. It was time to celebrate, she wanted to try the high… It doesn’t go well…Ĭookie OD’s! Distraught and stoned out of their minds, Spoon and Stretch frantically try to get their beloved friend to the hospital. She’d been slipped a bag of powder, she’d managed to keep off it whilst her two friends were constantly wasted. A music executive had shown a great deal of promise. On bass and back up vocals is the cool Spoon ( Tupac Shakur) leaving stoned Stretch ( Tim Roth) on keys. On vocals is the svelte Cookie ( Thandiwe Newton). A spoken word jazz band called Eight Mile Road on the verge of getting picked up. Three close friends shoot the shit, heroin, jokes and their love together in their apartment. It might slip off the rails into slap stick territory in the last quarter but it’s hard not to like it for it. It’s shot very stylish, has a frantic paced script, features a deep strong message and best of all, you get a wonderful chemistry between it’s two leads. However, Gridlock’d, really is it’s own movie. ![]() Furthermore, when one of the characters feels like Pumpkin from Pulp Fiction (1994) had dumped his crazy girlfriend, Honey Bunny, and ran off to join a jazz band, you can’t help but smile. Many fans believe that he would've branched out into even bigger roles had he lived longer since he was still on the rise at the time of his death.When a film opens with a conversation about penis implants and, later, a N word discussion, you can’t help but think the scriptwriters were trying to channel some Quentin Tarantino vibes. The movies Tupac was in were often met with pretty good acclaim, as was his acting and the same goes for his television appearances. While he wasn't someone who was going to win an Oscar, he typically delivered quality performances. However, his acting career likely deserves more credit. That makes sense as he's considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. Whenever Tupac Shakur is mentioned, everyone thinks about his music career. In total, Tupac starred in seven feature films and two television episodes prior to his death, not counting appearing in archived footage or as himself on various TV shows. In 1993, Tupac once again shifted gears by playing a soft-hearted mailman opposite Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice. ![]() After making his screen debut as a background player in the star-studded comedy Nothing But Trouble in 1991, Tupac earned critical acclaim for his villainous role as Bishop in his follow-up film, Juice. In addition to being one of the most celebrated rappers of all time, Tupac Shakur's movies proved he was also a fine actor in his own right. ![]()
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