The Tupac of “All Eyez on Me” shows zero interest in and talent for rapping until nearly an hour has gone by, when his talents are apparently awoken by a spoken word poetry class that’s not explained in any deeper terms than the absolute basics. Instead, “All Eyez on Me” is much more interested in brashly showing off the trappings of fame (ladies, clubs, booze, weed) than the road that led to them. Most damning of all is that Tupac’s creative process remains woefully under-explored, and his rise to fame is mostly delivered via thinly-written narration. Stretched out across two-and-a-half hours, “All Eyez on Me” has more than enough room to hit the highlights, but it instead wastes precious time lazily flipping through chapters in the rapper’s life with few thematic connections, and instead ticks through years and events as if they were required. (A second act meeting with record execs that sees Tupac delivering as close to a manifesto as he’s allowed is a highlight specifically it allows Shipp to show his range.) It’s a technique that diffuses energy and forward motion at every turn, and one that really does a disservice to Shipp, who’s at his best when he’s given more time to settle into a scene. It’s a persistent problem throughout a film, which is choppily cut by editor Joel Cox, with nearly every scene snipped oddly short. READ MORE: ‘All Eyez on Me’ Extended Trailer: Tupac Shakur Is a Rapper on Mission with Biggie and Suge Knight - Watch
Opening with a political urgency that belies a very different project, Boom’s film (penned by Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez, and Steven Bagatourian) initially reads as a timely rallying cry around Shakur’s legacy, before devolving into a paint-by-the-numbers biopic that unspools with as much energy as a Wikipedia entry. Framed in the most uninspiring way possible - with Hill Harper playing a journalist who visits Tupac in prison to reflect on his life and legacy - the film is hobbled by exposition-heavy voiceover and an ill-conceived decision to flip back to the jailhouse interview just as things are really kicking up.
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While in some circles that could be enough to recommend the first-time actor for the part of the beloved late rapper, it’s a casting choice indicative of much bigger issues in Benny Boom’s long-gestating biopic, “ All Eyez on Me.” The casting choice suggests that a commitment to accuracy, but that doesn’t make up for many other shortcomings in a movie that does no favors to Tupac’s legacy. Do yourself a favor and watch Tupac: Resurrection 2003 documentary then this film! It is much better.Demetrius Shipp Jr. his charisma and portrayal of thug life, gangster type was non-existent as he coward back from any real decision in the film. its that simple, he listened and agreed with people in the film from first contact, his actions and rise to fame were overlooked by him acting like a spoilt brat. I cant believe that after such great story telling biopics like Notorious B.I.G and N.W.A we get this piece of trash! I'm sorry but this movie was terrible. Jada Pikett-Smith came out and said every scene involving her was a lie and never happened! What?! Gotta be joke, right?. Not only that, but some of them were not introduced or had any real meaning to the story, while others were complete lies. This film has just bunch of random scenes, which have no connection to one an another and no introduction to lead them in, it was like the writers, and i do mean writers! because there was 3 decided to put random scenes and then were like "How are we going to connect them? what will be their part in the overall story" and the director replied "Who cares, we will show the audience the progression from Tupac from child to adult and have it in between interview with him, trust me it will look cool" But it didn't. It baffles me how even the actors involved were okay with this. So it was incredible disappointing to see this garbage.
And for the people who know me, they know how much I admire and love Pac.
But do not think i am a hater, I love most films.
Damn!! Had the so called pleasure of seeing this so called Biopic of Tupac today, and well as you can see by my rating and the title it is not good.