Gridlock'd

"Gridlock'd". You don't really need to see this movie more than once, as there are plenty of urban chase movies like this, and in the end, it doesn't come off as hugely exceptional. Still, it is certainly worth a view if... Full review

Tupac, Tim Roth and Thandie Newton create great chemistry on-screen. The result of the story, direction, and acting is an enrapturing film that definately delivers.... Full review

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.... Full review

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... Full review

He was very talented in everything he did,rather it was rapping or acting. He will be truely missed in hearts of many, especially mine!... Full review

Such a well writen movie i think. Tupac definantly showed his acting diversity and Roth had very laughable moments, a very good buddy comedy. Its a shame that Pac died though man he definantly could of shined and became huge after... Full review

tim roth does it again...he is amazing; the acting is great all around though; the characters are all likeable in their own, low-life kind of way, which makes you care about their pathetic mishaps; the cynicism in this movie about 'the... Full review

haha...this movie is about two drug-addicts trying to go to rehabilitation but run into unexpected company. funny plot. great comedic acts from tupac shakur and tim roth. too bad he doesn't find his girlfriend at the end tho...:(... Full review

Damn it's almost been 7 whole long years since Tupac Shakur's death. He did this movie good. I could tell him and his co-star had a good chemistry. Why did he have to die? I love him as a musician and... Full review

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... Full review

His films ranged from good (Juice ) to quirky (Gridlock'd ) to awful (the unwatchable Bullet ). The movie was mediocre at best, but Tupac is the one thing you'll remember about it. ... 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

is usually the stuff of earnest drama.....A strong cast, a script that may stumble yet doesn't fall, a director confident enough to toy with a cozy formula --....Cast against stereotype (both his own and the genre's), Shakur is remarkably convincing.... ... Full Review

Tim Roth is excellent when he's being a jerk or wisecrack but his slacker doped-up couch potato scenes are just passable.....Thandie Newton brilliantly crafts the nuance of an arty cool chanteuse..... ... 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

Thandie Newton was a sensation in John Duigan's Flirting, but the recent Cambridge University graduate has more up her sleeve than meets the eye. In her only Australian interview, Newton talked to PAUL FISCHER about the transition from anthropologist to... ... Full Article

His mother, Alice Faye Williams, an active member of the radical Black Panther Party, was pregnant with Tupac while awaiting trial in 1971. She then married Mutulu Shakur, who later spent four years on FBI's most wanted list after helping... ... Full Article

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

Tupac Shakur's final movie (and Tim Roth's best) is a breathless ride that sweeps the viewer along for an hour and a half, delivering a grimy rush without let up. ... Full Article