Gridlock'd

With no plot and very little in the way of action, it is amazing that this little film works so effectively. Basically a day-in-the-life tale following the misfortunes of two drug addicts, Stretch (Roth) & Spoon (Shakur), as they desperately... Read more at imdb.com

Recently I saw `Gridlock'd' on BET, in edited format - however I enjoyed this movie great deal. On one hand, it describes the unpredictable and often dangerous lives of drug addicts - dealing with murder, overdoes, unemployment, STDs, etc. -... Read more at imdb.com

Gridlock'd is the movie i really enjoyed watching! I believe that Tupac and Tim R. are the perfect match! They are amazing.. I really liked it.. Thats very sad that we wont see them 2 (Pac and Roth) acting together... Read more at imdb.com

On New Years Eve, jazz musicians Stretch, Spoon and Cookie are using when Cookie overdoses. This is all the motivation Spoon needs to kick and both he and Stretch resolve to give it up. They spend the next day trying... Read more at imdb.com

Great movie! One of the best movies i've ever seen! This film shows how hard and difficult is to quit drugs and find a place for treatment when you're a poor person! Great acting, great plot and very well direct.... Read more at imdb.com

Rhythm is the key of this superb movie, the elapse is basically an endless chase that keeps you awake all through the movie. Besides the whole atmosphere is very cool the decadence of the junkie world has a glamour of... Read more at imdb.com

The mixing in of the past into the present makes me think of Pulp Fiction. Of course Tim Roth, excellent again, might have pushed my thoughts that way unconsciously.There is a scene involving a pocketknife - to avoid spoiling your... Read more at imdb.com

This movie rocks! That's all I can say about it. 2Pac is great, and what to say about Tim Roth? He's awesome. The chemistry between Shakur, and Roth is powerful. The situations are really cool, and you can't help but... Read more at imdb.com

Extraordinary chemistry between Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur is the best feature about this movie. The situations are really interesting with a bit of black humor and some action going on. Tupac Shakur, against all criticism, delivers a solid, believable, likable... Read more at imdb.com

Imagine the lives of the two musicians, Stretch and Spoon, part of a jazz combo that receive a warning sign when the other member of the group, the sultry Cookie, the singer, is found almost comatose after a drug overdose.... Read more at imdb.com

The movie isn't as powerful as it could have been, but it's probably more fun: This is basically a comedy, even if sometimes you ask yourself why you're laughing. Those scenes aren't plausible and they're not about anything. ... Full Review

The pair's chemistry is so much stronger than the script, which doesn't deliver the necessary punch-lines to counter what is essentially a buddy movie about being stuck in a deadly rut. Roth's frantic energy and Shakur's disturbed cool complement each other, even when Hall's arty use of fragmentary flashbacks weighs down the film with too many trendy trappings. ... Full Review

The film seems so fresh it's almost possible to forget that it is a fraud in its description of the culture of hard drugs. Gridlock'd'' is his next-to-last film (he is due to be seen in ``Gang Related''), and his charm onscreen underscores the loss of a talent. ... Full Review

The film seems so fresh it's almost possible to forget that it is a fraud in its description of the culture of hard drugs. It is pumped by rap and R&B music, and even some Christmas carol allusions that tilt its humor toward the wry. ... Full Review

We'll never know whether the violence-prone Shakur could have beaten back the demons that had him in constant scrapes with the law, but his performance in "Gridlock'd" underscores the waste of his talent. Though things descend into slapstick at times, the basic premise--that government red tape does as much to foil rehabilitation as facilitate it--adds a nice satiric edge, and Roth and Shakur have terrific chemistry. ... Full Review

Stretch (Tim Roth), Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Cookie (Thandie Newton) make up a spoken-word jazz trio in Detroit.Two of the three are junkies and the third, Cookie, overdoses on New Year's Eve. ... Full Article