All Eyez on Me

Movie Review
Release on: Jun 16, 2017

Movie name	:	All Eyez on Me
Genres	:	Biography, Drama, Music
Run time	:	140 min
Produced by	:	David Robinson L.T. Hutton
Directed by	:	Benny Boom
Music by	:	John Paesano
Writers	:	Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez
Cinematography	:	Peter Menzies Jr.
Edited by	:	Joel Cox
Production	:	Morgan Creek Productions Program Pictures
Countries	:	USA

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Stars : Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Hill Harper, Annie Ilonzeh, Lauren Cohan, Keith Robinson, Jamal Woolard, Dominic L. Santana, Cory Hardrict, Clifton Powell, Jamie Hector, Deray Davis, Chris Clarke, Ronald Brooks, Jarrett Ellis, Erica Pinkett, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Chanel Young, Grace Gibson, Brandon Sauve, Josh Ventura, Michael Twombley, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Ryan Roets, Bruce Davis, E. Roger Mitchell, Tom Thon, Deshawn Wayne, Jermaine Carter, Ernest James Hatter III, Jermaine 'Maino' Coleman, Earnest 'Special' Brown, Rene Guercy, Clay Edmund Kraski, Brian Kurlander, Lian Amado, R. Matthew Scheib, Scott Hunter, Susan Willis, David A. Flannery, Merrik Foune, Rajeev Jacob, Irene Jesse Preer, Shyona Royston, Cairo Moor, Marley Battle, Hope Leigh, Bleu Davinci, Corey Overton, Kyria Morten, Jeph CangÃ©, Donna Adamo, Dashun Woodard, Young Noble, Azad Arnaud, Harold House Moore, Sean Baker, Jermel Howard, Carrie Fleming, Vernell Varnado, Tanard Davis, Desean Jackson, Cathleen Trigg-Jones, Herman Randle, Nathaniel Alapati Perry, Brandon Shaw, Kirk A. Jenkins, Damita Jane Howard, Kevin Hall, Jimmy Mcafee, George Gibson, John J. Shim, Reggie Jackson, Philip Dido, Liam Day, Jamal Weathers, Kendrick Cross, Malcolm Greenidge, Phil Armijo, Michael Beal, Michael Beasley, W.F. Bell, Romar Bennett, Karanda Kay Boutte, DuRa Brown, Edward Bryan, Carter Burch, Judy McGee Burley, Timothy Carr, Nicole Chauvet, Lacey Coan, Daniel Cooksley, Jameson Jamey Copeland, Khadija Copeland, Marisol Correa, Kemuel Crossty, Nicole Davis, Desha', Tom DiGiuseppe, Tiana Dunham, Jaxon Duron, Dexter Emery, Patrick Faucette, Gregory Fields II, Bina Forbes, Greg Gallagher, Jamie Gliddon, Jeff Glover, Emelita T. Gonzalez, Jimmie Green, Walter Hendrix III, Kenneth Holley, Brian Kayode-Patrick Johnson, Jemarko Jones, Kenneth Jones, Dawayne Jordan, Kevin Jordan, Jerome Joyce, Jessica K., Colin Lacativa, Rayan Lawrence, Connie Lee, Troy Lynch, Charisse Lyon, Durrell Lyons, Cody Marsh, Trey McGriff, Tommy McNulty, Bonnie Mercado, Antoine Morgan, Ryan Newton, Paige Nicollette, Sherod Ogletree, Donald K. Overstreet, Amahre Palmer, Andre Parr, Allen Phoenix, Kevin Marshall Pinkney, Shuntel Renay, Cisco Reyes, Sheril Rodgers, Derek Russo, Challedon Saltor, Shane Santos, Shaquita Smith, Jeremy Sykes, Leigh Takata, Harrison Thacker, Sarai Tinck, Cathleen Trigg, Jaye Tyroff, Carolann Utley, Jose Miguel Vasquez, William Walker, Glenn Walkup, Gary Weeks, Whit Whitman, Aquantis Williams, Grace Marie Williams, Sean Maurice Williams, Derrick Worsley, Johnell Young, Robyn Young

Story : Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur. The film follows Shakur from his early days in New York City to his evolution into being one of the world's most recognized and influential voices before his untimely death at the age of 25. Against all odds, Shakur's raw talent, powerful lyrics and revolutionary mind-set propelled him into becoming a cultural icon whose legacy continues to grow long after his passing. ALL EYEZ ON ME stars Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, Jamal Woolard, Danai Gurira and Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Saints and sinners, both have chinks in their armour. And when an ‘official’ biopic is made on these personalities, filmmakers often tend to deify them in the movie. That’s the case with All Eyez on Me; the official biopic of the slain rapper Tupac Shakur.

The film paints Tupac (Demetrius Shipp Jr) as a saint of the ghetto with the soul of a poet who did nothing wrong. There is no question that Tupac was a genius, justly deified in the rap world because of his music. He fused together firepower delivery, a devil-may-care attitude along with a strong sense of social justice in his songs; something never seen in rap music before. He made around 700 songs and went multi-platinum on album sales before he was shot and murdered at 25. But he wasn’t all saint. It’s cringe-worthy then, when the film tries to portray him as one.

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