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Tupac Shakur - Thug Angel (The Life of an Outlaw) |  | Director: Peter Spirer
Actors: Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Davey D, Snoop Dogg, Michael Eric Dyson, Yafeu Fula
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 30169
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 014381158526
UPC: 014381158526
EAN: 0014381158526
ASIN: B0000633SV
Theatrical Release Date: March 2002
Release Date: April 2, 2002
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Product Description
Profiles Tupac Shakur, an influential rapper with a Black Panther heritage.
Amazon.com
The title says it all: Tupac Shakur was as much angel as outlaw. Unlike some of the other profiles made in the wake of his passing, Thug Angel doesn't focus only on the first few days of his career or the last few days before his death, but on his entire life. That makes it valuable as much for the fan as for the merely curious. The production was backed by friends and associates and includes never-before-seen material. It's surprisingly evenhanded, juxtaposing footage of Tupac at 17, for example--sounding mature beyond his years--with an interview conducted years later on a shooting range. Passion was still in full effect, but idealism had been replaced by paranoia. Peter Spirer's film is a documentary, not a music video, and contains only snippets of Tupac's work. At its best, Thug Angel makes a compelling case for his continued relevance as an artist and activist. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Hilariously bad June 26, 2010
Kyle Maxwell
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The fact that ANYONE could give this Five Stars is a testament to either the enduring nature of Human Stupidity, or the fact that the Producer has a lot of family members on Amazon. This "documentary" is so bad that it almost achieves "This is Spinal Tap" levels of Awesome. I'd almost recommend it for that reason alone.
To start with, it's narrated by a snooty British man who sounds more like he should be narrating an episode of Masterpiece Theatre than a documentary on Tupac Shakur. But that's not the worst part. Since this was filmed with absolutely no budget, and with no contacts to anyone who even remotely knew Tupac, it's basically just the Narrator wandering around Tupac's old neighborhood, forlornly asking (in his high-pitched, adenoidal voice) if "anyone around here knew Tupac". That's right- you could recreate this entire documentary yourself if you had a cheap video camera and were willing to embarrass yourself on-camera. The Producers couldn't even get the rights to use any of Tupac's music, so basically what you have is a Tupac Documentary that has absolutely nothing to do with Tupac.
My favorite part is when the entire crew is suckered out into an abandoned field by a guy who claims to have cassette tapes of Tupac's early recordings. The crew stands around for what must have been hours, as the guy claws through old shoe boxes for tapes that don't exist. Finally they all kind of wander off.
Now, were any of this MEANT to be funny, it'd be Comic Genius. But since it's supposed to be seriously, it just comes off as a sad, pathetic attempt to cash in on Tupac's popularity. But don't take my word for it. Go ahead and rent it or buy it. There's obviously a bunch of people here who gave it "five stars". They can't ALL be soulless shills, can they? (Yes. They can.)
 VERY INSIGHTFUL!!!!! February 27, 2006
Anthony D. Cobb (Bronx, NY USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This DVD gave me more footage and knowledge of 2pac's life added to the many DVD's I saw and other CD's I heard.
2pac shakurs life as an outlaw July 13, 2005
Patrick (Old School) (New Jersey)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Now this box set will give you everything you will need to know about the legendary 2pac Shakur.It comes with 2 dvds witch the first one is called "life of an outlaw" witch chronicles Tupacs life witch has interviews with his stepfather and the people he has worked with in the music industry. This also comes with a book called "Holler If You Hear Me" written my Michael Dyson, he goes in the search for 2pac interviewing people he worked with. There is a soundtrack witch is mostly made up of the outlawz and his close friends. So if you want to learn more about Tupac Amaru Shakur then get this one, R.I.P Tupac Amaru Shakur.
Close to Number 1 April 21, 2005
Jeff (Salem,OR)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wow what can I say. . . This movie is like the best documentary besides resserection, because it explains so much, from what he says about the cops and his child hood. . And every peace of information helps you. . To get into tupacs mind and what he thought about the world,rap music exc. . .so if u like Tupac then get this movie because you will be very Happy :)
2Pac the Prophet, The Father, and the Spirit of Hip-Hop December 5, 2004
Henry Cooper (Atlanta, GA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
As to say this, I can't get my eyes on Tupac. 'Cuz he had a lot going on in his life, you know what I'm mean. You see Tupac will be telling a lot of stories of his past when he begin writing poetry at a early age, learn to act, and how to be a superstar in the rap business. Yeah Tupac been gone for 7 or 8 years now, but in 10 years he'll be remember 'cuz he modered a generation for the hip-hop community. I also a lot of people from that culture to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, JFK, RFK, and on and on.
Now a lot of people are still talking about him and how he became a part of our culture. That's why he lived his life the way he live b/c of the fight with Biggie, the East Coast/West Coast rap war, how he got arrested, been in jail all of his life, need I say more?
Nobody even care on how he lived or how he died. He help changed that by putting it into his lyrics. The reason why I love him the most is there's nobody like him like Jada Pinkett Smith "There's nobody, nobody like that man. I don't care how many records you sell. I don't care how popular you are..."
You know Tupac lives on and he'll always will be to the fullest.
For those of ya'll are missing out a lot of good information about this icon, I urge you to check him out. He's one of the greats that put it on since Martin Luther King and Malcolm X we learned back in the day.
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