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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: This documentary investigates the still unsolved murders of rap superstars Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur. (Roxie Releasing)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. One of the better documentaries I'd seen in years -- it plays like a suspense thriller because that's exactly what it is.
  2. 80
    A wily and dogged inquisitor, Broomfield cajoles and confronts a variety of witnesses, charting a web of intrigue that also involved the LAPD, the FBI, and assorted gangbangers and rogue cops.
  3. 60
    This is Oliver Stone country, but Broomfield's self-effacing affect is more Woody Allen,
  4. 12
    This time out, Broomfield comes up with maybe enough halfway decent material for a 10-minute segment on a second-rate tabloid TV show.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. There are lots of conspiracies circling Tupac's death and neither his or Biggies have been solved up to this day. Nick Broomfield goes on a journey to uncover just what happened to these two rap superstars who during their prime were two of the biggest musicians on the planet. Broomfield discovers new evidence that ultimately reopened the Biggie Smalls murder case and in my eyes proves who killed him. While the Tupac theory in this one is a little far fetched for my liking this is an interesting watch non the less. Expand

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