Synopsis
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
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Cast
- Tupac ShakurHimself (archive footage)
- Al SharptonSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
- 88
Miami Herald
Tupac Amaru Shakur is riveting in Tupac: Resurrection. The rapper is a compelling, charismatic hero: articulate, well-read, politically radical, and movie-star handsome to boot (he in fact starred in Poetic Justice and Juice). Make that, was riveting. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
It's no insult to Tupac to say that he was gangsta rap's greatest matinee idol, or that he lived the part only too well. - 80
Film Threat
Takes a look at the man’s entire life and grants us an eye-opening look inside his brain. And now that the supposed be-all-end-all documentary has been made, let’s let the guy get some f----- rest, okay? - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A poet warrior of the first order emerges in this riveting chronicle of the brief life and times of rap superstar Tupac Shakur. - 75
Rolling Stone
Lazin's remarkable achievement is to catch Tupac in the act of discovering himself. It's something to see. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's a compelling piece of propaganda that argues for Shakur, whose 1996 murder in Las Vegas at age 25 remains unsolved, as a complicated individual, ambitious artist and magnetic personality by using the most persuasive weapons at its command: Tupac himself. - 70
Variety
Lazin has without question skillfully assembled an entertaining, strongly narrative nonfiction package. - 70
Village Voice
Though the edits can be too living-room smooth, the passion and pathology on display transcend the Tabitha Soren overload.
